Table 5. Sub-main effects of the foliar spraying of calcium chloride and boric acid on the physical characteristics of Valencia orange fruits in the 2021 and 2022 seasons.
| Seasons | Treatments | Fruit weight (g) | Peel weight (g) | Pulp weight (g) | Fruit volume (cm3) |
Fruit length (cm) | Fruit diameter (cm) |
Shape index | Juice volume (mL) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Control | 184.33d | 25.33d | 159.00c | 132.42d | 7.29c | 6.15d | 1.19a | 92.17d |
| 1 g/L CaCl2 | 208.50b | 31.67b | 176.83ab | 156.83b | 7.76b | 6.60b | 1.18a | 101.42b | |
| 0.5 g/L H3BO3 | 203.67c | 28.67c | 175.00b | 150.00c | 7.74b | 6.49c | 1.19a | 97.17c | |
| CaCl2 + H3BO3 | 212.17a | 33.67a | 178.50a | 162.08a | 7.95a | 6.75a | 1.18a | 106.08a | |
| LSD0.05 | 2.521 | 1.289 | 2.632 | 2.817 | 0.116 | 0.05 | 0.023 | 1.013 | |
| 2022 | Control | 188.33d | 26.25d | 162.08c | 137.42d | 7.68d | 6.54d | 1.17a | 95.00d |
| 1 g/L CaCl2 | 212.83b | 32.50b | 180.33b | 162.50b | 8.23b | 6.97b | 1.18a | 105.33b | |
| 0.5 g/L H3BO3 | 208.17c | 29.67c | 178.50b | 155.92c | 8.13c | 6.90c | 1.18a | 100.33c | |
| CaCl2 + H3BO3 | 221.83a | 34.50a | 187.33a | 167.92a | 8.33a | 7.10a | 1.17a | 110.42a | |
| LSD0.05 | 2.819 | 0.963 | 2.904 | 3.023 | 0.041 | 0.039 | 0.009 | 1.368 |
Note:
Values within a column with the same letter(s) are not significantly different, according to LSD (P < 0.05).