Research Article
Influence of Pre- and Postharvest Summer Pruning on the Growth, Yield, Fruit Quality, and Carbohydrate Content of Early Season Peach Cultivars
Table 4
The influence of pruning treatments on concentration of starch and total carbohydrate content of shoot of “Early Red” and “Maycrest” peach cultivars.
| | Pruning treatment | Early Red | Maycrest | | Starch (%) | Total extracted CHO (%) | Starch (%) | Total extracted CHO (%) | | 2009 | 2010 | 2009 | 2010 | 2009 | 2010 | 2009 | 2010 |
| | Control |
5.50 az | 6.80 a | 8.46 a | 9.96 a | 5.83 a | 6.78 a | 8.62 a | 9.81 a | | WP | 5.11 ab | 6.50 ab | 7.94 ab | 9.63 ab | 5.55 a | 6.41 ab | 8.57 a | 9.30 ab | | SP-May | 4.50 c | 5.24 c | 7.03 c | 7.70 c | 4.22 c | 4.85 d | 6.36 d | 7.20 d | | SP-June | 4.12 d | 5.17 c | 6.57 c | 7.45 c | 4.70 b | 4.98 cd | 7.06 c | 7.42 c | | SP-July | 4.63 c | 5.94 b | 7.28 c | 8.67 b | 4.80 b | 5.35 c | 7.39 bc | 8.03 c | | SP-August | 4.72 b | 6.29 b | 7.44 b | 9.10 b | 5.04 ab | 6.02 b | 7.67 b | 8.85 b |
|
|
zMean separation within columns by Duncan’s multiple range test at 1% level.
|
