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Table 1 Interaction of irrigation treatments (100%, 85% and 70% ETc), with kaolin application (0%, 3% and 6%) in 2017 and (0%, 1.5% and 3%) in 2018 and cultivar on some physical properties of ʻGolabʼand ʻShafi-Abadiʼ apples

From: Influence of kaolin application on most important fruit and leaf characteristics of two apple cultivars under sustained deficit irrigation

Treatments 2017 2018
Fruit length (cm) Fruit firmness (kg/cm2) Fruit length (cm)
  ʻGolabʼ ʻShafi-Abadiʼ ʻGolabʼ ʻShafi-Abadiʼ
100% ETc
 0% Kaolin 3.50d,e,f ± 0.03 4.27a,b ± 0.01 6.27bc ± 0.39 3.65c,d,e ± 0.03 4.39a ± 0.13
 1.5% Kaolin – – – 4.26a,b ± 0.04 3.78c,d,e ± 0.16
 3% Kaolin 3.44e,f ± 0.13 4.38ab ± 0.11 6.81b ± 0.31 4.27a,b ± 0.23 3.59c,d,e ± 0.15
 6% Kaolin 3.46d,e,f ± 0.04 4.60a ± 0.16 5.91c,d ± 0.23 – –
85% ETc
 0% Kaolin 3.77c,d,e ± 0.11 4.05b,c ± 0.15 5.62d ± 0.30 3.84b,c,d,e ± 0.01 4.31a,b ± 0.19
 1.5% Kaolin – – – 3.71c,d,e ± 0.16 3.54d,e ± 0.14
 3% Kaolin 3.64d,e ± 0.05 4.28a,b ± 0.06 5.92cd ± 0.20 3.96a,b,c,d ± 0.07 3.78c,d,e ± 0.03
 6% Kaolin 4.21b ± 0.17 4.07b,c ± 0.02 6.70b ± 0.62 – –
70% ETc
 0% Kaolin 3.50d,e,f ± 0.01 3.79c,d ± 0.05 6.45b,c ± 0.53 4.03a,b,c ± 0.07 3.56c,d,e ± 0.13
 1.5% Kaolin – – – 3.76c,d,e ± 0.19 3.64c,d,e ± 0.23
 3% Kaolin 3.76c,d,e ± 0.11 3.29f ± 0.09 7.44a ± 0.67 3.47e ± 0.16 3.50d,e ± 0.04
 6% Kaolin 3.70d,e ± 0.11 4.32a,b ± 0.20 6.55b ± 0.38 – –
  Fruit Firmness (kg/cm2)    
Treatments 100% ETc 85% ETc 70% ETc    
2017 6.54a ± 0.36 5.77b ± 0.25 6.94a ± 0.63    
2018 4.70c ± 0.45 5.11b,c ± 0.33 5.30b,c ± 0.24    
  1. Means within each column for each treatment followed by the same letters are not significantly different at P < 0.05
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