Table 1.
Effects of different irrigation and bagging treatments on pomegranate total yield (TY, kg tree−1), marketable yield (MY, kg tree−1), average fruit weight (FW, g), fruit equatorial diameter (ED. mm), peel thickness (PT. mm), arils weight ratio (AW, %) and fruit physiopathies incidence (splitting (SPI, %) and sunburn (SUI, %), B = bagged fruits, FI = full irrigation, NB = no bagged fruits, WS = water stress. Values followed by the same letter, within the same column and factor, were not significantly different at P ≤ 0.05 (*), P ≤ 0.01 (**) or P ≤ 0.001 (***). n.s. = not significant
| Treatment | TY | MY | FW | ED | PT | AW | SPI | SUI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ANOVA | ||||||||
| Irrigation | *** | *** | *** | *** | n.s. | n.s. | *** | n.s. |
| Bagging | n.s. | ** | *** | *** | *** | n.s. | n.s. | *** |
| Irrigation × bagging | ** | *** | *** | *** | *** | ** | ** | *** |
| Irrigation | ||||||||
| FI | 63.38a | 50.83a | 454.83a | 95.80a | 5.29a | 52.95a | 7.22b | 12.23a |
| WS | 39.70b | 26.53b | 429.87b | 93.76b | 5.41a | 53.96a | 20.82a | 12.74a |
| Bagging | ||||||||
| B | 50.79a | 42.19a | 399.07b | 92.70b | 4.98b | 53.80a | 14.48a | 3.57b |
| NB | 52.29a | 35.18b | 485.63a | 96.86a | 5.72a | 53.11a | 13.55a | 21.40a |
| Tukey's multiple range test | ||||||||
| Irrigation × bagging | ||||||||
| FIB | 60.30a | 48.68a | 396.85b | 92.50b | 4.51b | 55.48a | 7.79b | 5.49b |
| FINB | 66.46a | 52.99a | 512.80a | 99.09a | 6.07a | 50.42b | 6.64b | 18.97a |
| WSB | 41.29b | 31.39b | 401.28b | 92.90b | 5.45a | 52.11ab | 22.32a | 1.65b |
| WSNB | 38.12b | 21.68c | 458.46ab | 94.62b | 5.36a | 55.80a | 19.31a | 23.82a |