Table 6. Percentage of total fruits per treatment being non-exportable to European markets and falling within different set of quality criteria combinations in cv. Sugarloaf.
Fruit weight (kg) | Ratio crown: infructes-cence length | TSS (˚Brix) | Experiment 1 | Experiment 2 | ||||||||||||||
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Artificial flowering induction | Natural flowering induction | Artificial flowering induction | Natural flowering induction | |||||||||||||||
AMI a | NMI b | AMI | NMI | AMI | NMI | AMI | NMI | |||||||||||
FH c | OH d | FH | OH | FH | OH | FH | OH | FH | OH | FH | OH | FH | OH | FH | OH | |||
< 0.7 e | [0.5–1.5] | ≥ 12 | 0.00 | 0.84 | 0.83 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.64 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.42 | 0.00 | 2.35 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
< 0.7 | > 1.5 | < 12 | 0.42 | 1.25 | 0.42 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
< 0.7 | > 1.5 | ≥ 12 | 13.75 | 12.92 | 17.50 | 11.67 | 0.66 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 5.83 | 3.75 | 3.33 | 3.75 | 0.58 | 1.12 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
[0.7–2.75] | < 0.5 | ≥ 12 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.32 | 0.64 | 2.80 | 1.72 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.29 | 0.00 |
[0.7–2.75] | [0.5–1.5] | < 12 | 2.91 | 0.42 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6.62 | 0.00 | 1.40 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.42 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
[0.7–2.75] | > 1.5 | < 12 | 2.50 | 0.83 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.25 | 1.25 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
[0.7–2.75] | > 1.5 | ≥ 12 | 61.25 f | 66.25 | 51.25 | 65.83 | 5.30 | 1.91 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 37.08 | 50.83 | 58.33 | 68.33 | 0.00 | 0.56 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
> 2.75 | [0.5–1.5] | ≥ 12 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 8.75 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
> 2.75 | > 1.5 | ≥ 12 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.67 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
a Artificially maturity-induced fruits.
b Naturally maturity-induced fruits.
c FH: Farmers’ harvest practice.
d Optimum harvest.
e Quality criteria in bold refer to the quality criteria that do not respond to the quality requirement in the European markets.
f Numbers in bold refer to where a huge number of pineapple fruits are not exportable to Europe.