Nectarine Fruit Ripening and Quality Assessed Using the Index of Absorbance Difference (𝐼_AD)

Table 3

Average of the fruit diameter in the bottom (B), middle (M), and top (T) canopy layers of the tree at 73, 80, 93, 101, 108, 122, and 130 DAFB (cv SF34).

DAFB	Layer	Diameter (mm)
	B	41.2	b^z
73	M	42.8	b
	T	44.5	a
	B	42.7	b
80	M	44.6	a
	T	46.0	a
	B	50.4	b
93	M	53.3	a
	T	55.3	a
	B	54.5	b
101	M	57.1	ab
	T	57.7	a
	B	58.7	b
108	M	61.2	a
	T	62.3	a
	B	65.9	b
122	M	69.4	a
	T	69.2	a
	B	71.1	a
130	M	71.3	a
	T	73.2	a

zNumbers with different letters would be statistically significant at 𝑃<0.005.