Research Article

The Effects of Calcium Fertilizer Sprays during Fruit Development Stage on Pineapple Fruit Quality under Humid Tropical Climate

Table 5

Effect of calcium sprays on sucrose, fructose, and glucose in fruit flesh.

TreatmentSucrose (wt%)Glucose (wt%)Fructose (wt%)
1st2nd1st2nd1st2nd

Control9.96 ± 0.26a9.76 ± 0.14a2.15 ± 0.06a1.10 ± 0.18a1.35 ± 0.03a0.83 ± 0.12a
CaN9.52 ± 0.21a9.55 ± 0.40a2.06 ± 0.05ab1.11 ± 0.20ab1.21 ± 0.02ab0.69 ± 0.17a
CaB9.92 ± 0.22a9.70 ± 0.16a1.82 ± 0.11bc1.06 ± 0.09c1.12 ± 0.01c1.09 ± 0.26a
CaCl9.87 ± 0.31a9.75 ± 0.17a1.77 ± 0.08c1.03 ± 0.12c1.08 ± 0.02c1.01 ± 0.10a
CaChe9.92 ± 0.16a8.77 ± 0.24b2.04 ± 0.06ab1.40 ± 0.11ab1.29 ± 0.03ab1.06 ± 0.09a
value0.690.050.020.260.000.42

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 .