. 2023 Jun 17;9(6):e17260. doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e17260

Table-5.

Effect of the growing season and cultivars on the Leaf: fruit ratio, leaf area, leaf chlorophyll content and yield efficiency characteristics.

C.No.	Cultivars (C)	Leaf: fruit ratio		Leaf area (cm²)		Leaf chlorophyll content (mg/g fresh weight)		Yield efficiency (kg/cm²)
C.No.	Cultivars (C)	2017	2018	2017	2018	2017	2018	2017	2018
1	Adam's Pearmain	49.66 ± 4.71^d	43.25 ± 2.06^c	38.13 ± 4.21^d	39.93 ± 2.39^bc	2.78 ± 0.10^ef	2.85 ± 0.21^d	0.08 ± 0.01^gh	0.12 ± 0.11^ij
2	Allington Pippin	46.87 ± 1.92^e	28.90 ± 2.23^h	42.47 ± 2.34^b	40.20 ± 3.02^b	2.18 ± 0.05ⁱ	2.09 ± 0.28^f	0.15 ± 0.04^fg	0.37 ± 0.06^g
3	Baleman's Cider	31.79 ± 4.47^j	44.18 ± 4.01^b	43.44 ± 3.68^a	41.52 ± 4.49^a	2.15 ± 0.36ⁱ	2.10 ± 0.23^f	0.24 ± 0.01^e	0.17 ± 0.17ⁱ
4	Fuji Zehn Aztec	29.26 ± 4.19^k	40.37 ± 4.45^d	34.13 ± 3.34^e	33.26 ± 3.78^d	2.19 ± 0.24ⁱ	2.13 ± 0.12^f	0.78 ± 0.15^a	0.49 ± 0.06^f
5	Mollie's Delicious	38.34 ± 4.23^g	32.93 ± 5.18^f	32.83 ± 2.80^f	30.95 ± 2.88^e	3.09 ± 0.05^cd	3.04 ± 0.19^cd	0.44 ± 0.06^c	0.58 ± 0.15^de
6	Red Gold	35.63 ± 2.31ⁱ	31.94 ± 2.10^g	28.84 ± 2.19^g	26.77 ± 2.84^g	2.92 ± 0.18^de	2.87 ± 0.21^d	0.58 ± 0.08^b	0.77 ± 0.14^bc
7	Red Velox	51.32 ± 2.34^c	26.42 ± 1.96^j	22.79 ± 1.53^j	24.58 ± 2.35^h	2.58 ± 0.20^fg	2.52 ± 0.16^e	0.13 ± 0.01^gh	0.69 ± 0.13^c
8	Shalimar Apple-2	52.24 ± 2.37^b	49.65 ± 4.78^a	39.03 ± 1.73^c	39.44 ± 1.43^c	2.34 ± 0.06^hi	2.41 ± 0.24^e	0.05 ± 0.02^h	0.07 ± 0.15^j
9	Shireen	37.29 ± 2.48^h	35.15 ± 3.28^e	34.67 ± 1.75^e	33.26 ± 3.29^d	3.50 ± 0.07^a	3.57 ± 0.32^a	0.23 ± 0.03^ef	0.27 ± 0.16^h
10	Silver Spur	50.20 ± 4.15^d	24.51 ± 2.03^k	26.66 ± 1.77ⁱ	25.19 ± 3.24^h	3.10 ± 0.21^cd	3.05 ± 0.09^cd	0.28 ± 0.04^de	1.14 ± 0.18^a
11	Starkrimson	49.84 ± 3.54^d	28.54 ± 2.31^h	27.44 ± 1.61^h	29.14 ± 1.75^f	3.180.15^bc	3.24 ± 0.11^bc	0.27 ± 0.05^de	0.59 ± 0.01^d
12	Top Red	46.22 ± 2.52^f	25.86 ± 2.34^j	26.07 ± 3.71ⁱ	23.16 ± 1.73ⁱ	2.43 ± 0.19^gh	2.46 ± 0.21^e	0.33 ± 0.02^d	0.84 ± 0.02^b
13	Vance Delicious	55.44 ± 4.15^a	27.12 ± 1.02ⁱ	27.79 ± 4.15^h	28.75 ± 1.81^f	3.37 ± 0.23^ab	3.30 ± 0.13^b	0.12 ± 0.03^gh	0.50 ± 0.03^ef
Mean		44.16	33.76	32.64	32.01	2.75	2.74	0.28	0.51
SE(m)		±0.02	±0.05	±0.02	±0.04	±0.02	±0.05	±0.01	±0.01