Effect of Planting Density on the Agronomic Performance and Fruit Quality of Three Pineapple Cultivars (Ananas comosus L. Merr.)

Table 1

Effect of sowing density on the growth parameters of three pineapple cultivars.

Treatments		Plant height (cm)	Number of leaves	D-leaf length (cm)
Cultivar	Planting density (plants ha^−1)
Golden	35700	60.15^a	16.48^a	64.83^a
	47600	57.48^ab	16.15^a	60.04^abc
	55500	57.21^abc	16.69^a	61.46^ab
Smooth Cayenne	35700	48.00^e	17.44^a	52.81^d
	47600	54.10^bcd	17.08^a	53.54^d
	55500	50.19^de	17.46^a	55.73^bcd
Santa Rosa ecotype	35700	51.88^cde	15.00^a	57.88^bcd
	47600	50.00^de	15.02^a	54.29^cd
	55500	50.75^de	15.04^a	55.10^cd
CV (%)		15.82	10.03	17.23

Means with different letters in the same column indicate significant differences (Tukey, ).