Table 3.
Vine canopy geometric parameters relative to the development and architecture over two campaigns (2021 and 2022), under mechanical pruning (P) and no pruning (NP), in a commercial vineyard in central Spain (Yepes, Toledo). Mean data and coefficient of variation (CV).
| 2021 | 2022 | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P | CV (%) | NP | CV (%) | P | CV (%) | NP | CV (%) | |||
| Pruning weight (g/plant) | 177.5 | 27% | 87.5 | 29% | * | 216.9 | 30% | 101.7 | 35% | * |
| Canopy height (cm) | 69.75 | 21% | 70.67 | 18% | ns | 86.25 | 25% | 106.08 | 11% | ns |
| Width (cm) | 71.52 | 19% | 58.9 | 15% | ns | 96.07 | 10% | 89.73 | 19% | ns |
| External canopy area (m2) | 2.34 | 8% | 2.07 | 12% | ns | 3.06 | 10% | 3.14 | 9% | ns |
| Canopy volume (m3) | 0.53 | 13% | 0.46 | 23% | ns | 0.91 | 27% | 1.04 | 14% | ns |
| Canopy contour (m) | 1.64 | 11% | 1.64 | 14% | ns | 1.72 | 15% | 1.73 | 6% | ns |
| Covered soil by the canopy (%) | 43% | 6% | 36% | 9% | * | 49% | 4% | 45% | 2% | * |
ns: non-significant and * significant at p < 0.05.