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. 2015 Nov 23;10(11):e0143290. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0143290

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
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.