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

Table 5

Average fruits diameters in the hand-thinned and unthinned fruit densities in the bottom (B), middle (M), and top (T) canopy layers at 68, 75, 82, and 89 DAFB (“SF26”).

DAFB	Layer	Hand-Thinned; (diameter-mm)			Unthinned; (diameter-mm)
	B	46.9	a^z	A^y	35.8	b	B
68	M	47.3	a	A	37.3	b	B
	T	45.2	a	A	40.5	b	A
	B	53.3	a	A	40.4	b	B
75	M	54.2	a	A	41.4	b	B
	T	51.7	a	A	46.0	b	A
	B	59.1	a	A	43.1	b	B
82	M	57.3	a	A	45.6	b	AB
	T	56.3	a	A	49.4	b	A
	B	62.9	a	A	45.9	b	A
89	M	61.9	a	A	46.3	b	A
	T	56.8	a	A	48.2	b	A

zSmall letters represent significant differences between fruit densities within the same canopy layer (B, M, and T) at 𝑃<0.05.
^yCapital letters represent significant differences between canopy layers within the same fruit density (hand thinned or unthinned) at 𝑃<0.05.