Research Article

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.

TreatmentTotal soluble solid (wt%)Total acidity (wt%)
1st2nd1st2nd1st2nd

Control3.84 ± 0.05a3.90 ± 0.04a14.30 ± 0.24a14.70 ± 0.24a0.34 ± 0.02a0.48 ± 0.03a
CaN3.77 ± 0.06a3.85 ± 0.11a13.90 ± 0.06a14.15 ± 0.17a0.37 ± 0.02ab0.51 ± 0.05a
CaB3.77 ± 0.06a3.93 ± 0.04a13.95 ± 0.26a14.55 ± 0.19a0.38 ± 0.02ab0.50 ± 0.02a
CaCl3.86 ± 0.07a3.78 ± 0.04a14.15 ± 0.13a14.55 ± 0.34a0.32 ± 0.02a0.55 ± 0.01a
CaChe3.69 ± 0.02a3.85 ± 0.07a14.20 ± 0.27a14.35 ± 0.17a0.43 ± 0.02b0.54 ± 0.04a
value0.140.410.680.540.020.29

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 .