The Effects of Calcium Fertilizer Sprays during Fruit Development Stage on Pineapple Fruit Quality under Humid Tropical Climate
Table 4
Effect of calcium sprays on , TSS, and TA in fruit flesh.
Treatment
Total soluble solid (wt%)
Total acidity (wt%)
1st
2nd
1st
2nd
1st
2nd
Control
3.84 ± 0.05a
3.90 ± 0.04a
14.30 ± 0.24a
14.70 ± 0.24a
0.34 ± 0.02a
0.48 ± 0.03a
CaN
3.77 ± 0.06a
3.85 ± 0.11a
13.90 ± 0.06a
14.15 ± 0.17a
0.37 ± 0.02ab
0.51 ± 0.05a
CaB
3.77 ± 0.06a
3.93 ± 0.04a
13.95 ± 0.26a
14.55 ± 0.19a
0.38 ± 0.02ab
0.50 ± 0.02a
CaCl
3.86 ± 0.07a
3.78 ± 0.04a
14.15 ± 0.13a
14.55 ± 0.34a
0.32 ± 0.02a
0.55 ± 0.01a
CaChe
3.69 ± 0.02a
3.85 ± 0.07a
14.20 ± 0.27a
14.35 ± 0.17a
0.43 ± 0.02b
0.54 ± 0.04a
value
0.14
0.41
0.68
0.54
0.02
0.29
Mean values within the same column for each trait with the same lowercase letter are not significantly different according to Duncan’s new multiple range test at .