Table 5. Fruit quality of ‘Godongsi’ persimmon according to pruning intensity.

Year Treatments (Number of FBMS) Fruit weight (g) SSCz (°Brix) Hardness (N) Color
L* a* b*
2018 200 165.0b 20.0aby 18.1b 67.3b 28.4 67.1c
300 163.9b 20.0ab 14.9a 64.6a 29.1 62.4a
400 151.9a 20.6b 16.1ab 65.5a 28.9 65.1b
700 (Control) 152.9a 19.5a 13.9a 66.8b 29.5 66.4ab
Mean 158.5 20.0 15.8 66.1 29.0 65.2
p-value .000 .045 .001 .000 .235 .000
2019 300 212.2d 19.4b 19.9b 73.5a 25.3b 73.1a
400 171.8c 18.8a 22.1c 74.8b 22.4a 72.3a
500 157.6b 19.8b 21.1bc 74.5ab 26.2b 73.1a
700 (Control) 138.0a 19.6b 15.9a 75.0b 29.3c 76.3b
Mean 177.9 19.3 20.7 74.3 24.9 73.1
p-value .000 .130 .034 .002 .000 .000
Abbreviation: SSC(Soluble solid contents)
Mean separation by Duncan’s multiple range test, P≤0.05