Research Article

Shade Trees Spatial Distribution and Its Effect on Grains and Beverage Quality of Shaded Coffee Trees

Table 4

Total coffee fruits production after harvesting and production of unripe fruits (UF), ripe fruits (RF), and overripe fruits (OF) after washing and fruit separation due to shade trees spatial distribution. Santo Antônio do Jardim, SP, 2015.

UFRFOFTotal (UF + RF + OF)

Coffee fruits
kg·plant−1
D1L0.4891.2621.0092.760
D6L0.6761.2671.0723.015
D1E0.7441.2600.6802.684
D6E0.8451.6800.8663.391

VC%46.0737.0438.7934.18

Volume per plant
L·plant−1
D1L0,8501,9831,9004,733
D6L1,1782,0441,9675,189
D1E1,2442,0391,1834,467
D6E1,4002,8111,3565,567

VC%41,8035,9547,9635,42

ns: nonsignificant according to test at 5% of significance. D1L: coffee trees on shade trees planting rows, distant one meter from the trunk; D6L: coffee trees on shade trees planting rows, distant six meters from the trunk; D1E: coffee plants between the rows of shade trees, parallel to treatment D1L; D6E: coffee plants between the rows of shade trees, parallel to treatment D6L. VC (%): variation coefficient.