Table 2.
Fruit characteristics, alternate bearing and vigor indexes for the five evaluated olive cultivars growing in SHD conditions in southern Spain during 14 years.
| Cultivar | “Arbosana” | “Arbequina” | Arbequina i-18 | “Koroneiki” | “Fs-17” |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fruit weight (g) | 1.7b | 1.8b | 1.8b | 1.1c | 2.8a |
| Fruit moisture (%) | 58.0b | 57.9b | 58.4ab | 55.0c | 59.9a |
| Oil content* (%) | 17.8b | 17.3b | 17.6b | 18.8a | 18.8a |
| ABIac | 0.30b | 0.20c | 0.23c | 0.33b | 0.47a |
| Bb | 0.90ab | 0.58d | 0.67cd | 0.85bc | 0.95a |
| Tree height (m) | 3.9 | 4.2 | 4.3 | 4.1 | 3.9 |
| Tree width (m) | 1.7 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 2.0 |
| Canopy volume (m3ha−1) × 103 | 14.1c | 16.8a | 16.8a | 15.9b | 16.3ab |
| External surface (m2ha−1) × 103 | 21.0c | 23.0a | 23.4a | 22.2b | 21.7bc |
| Pruning wood (t ha−1) | 10.5b | 17.6a | 15.5a | 14.2a | 17.4a |
| Canopy depth/free alley (D/A) | 1.7 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 1.9 | 2.0 |
Fresh weight.
Alternate bearing index (ABI) from the 3rd to the 14th year after planting, which was calculated according to Pearce and Doberšek-Urbanc (1967).
Bienniality index (B) from the 3rd to the 14th year after planting, which was calculated according to Monselise and Goldschmidt (1982).
Within each row, means with the same letter are not significantly different according to Friedman test followed by Dunn's comparison adjusted by Bonferroni at P = 0.05; or according to one-way repeated measures followed by Tukey's test at P = 0.05. No letter was added to any value when no significantly different pairwise comparisons were detected.