Table 4.

Effect of different irrigation and bagging treatments on pomegranate fruit total soluble solids (TSS, °Brix), titrable acidity (TA, g anhydrous citric acid L⁻¹), maturity index (MI, TSS/TA), citric acid (CA, g 100 mL⁻¹), succinic acid (SA, g 100 mL⁻¹), glucose (Glu, g 100 mL⁻¹), fructose (Fru, g 100 mL⁻¹), total polyphenols content (TPC, mg GAE 100 g⁻¹), and total antioxidant activity measured according to ABTS⁺ assay (AA‐ABTS⁺, mmol Trolox kg⁻¹ dw) content. 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 ≤ 0.01 (**) or P ≤ 0.001 (***). n.s. = not significant

Treatment	TSS	TA	MI	CA	SA	Glu	Fru	TPC	AA‐ABTS+
ANOVA
Irrigation	***	n.s.	***	n.s.	n.s.	n.s.	n.s.	n.s.	***
Bagging	***	***	***	***	n.s.	n.s.	n.s.	n.s.	***
Irrigation × bagging	***	**	***	***	n.s.	n.s.	n.s.	n.s.	***
Irrigation
FI	15.51b	2.51a	62.15b	0.40a	0.29a	2.33a	2.83a	460.73a	19.20a
WS	17.19a	2.60a	66.26a	0.31a	0.20a	2.66a	3.21a	485.80a	14.12b
Bagging
B	16.05b	2.64a	61.04b	0.26b	0.26a	2.96a	3.53a	463.82a	18.89a
NB	16.66a	2.47b	67.37a	0.45a	0.24a	2.04a	2.50a	428.70a	14.44b
Tukey's multiple range test
Irrigation × bagging
FIB	15.51c	2.71a	57.59b	0.26ab	0.26a	3.52a	4.27a	487.58a	24.60a
FINB	15.52c	2.32b	66.71a	0.50a	0.32a	1.63a	1.96a	433.89a	13.81b
WSB	16.58b	2.58ab	64.50a	0.16b	0.18a	2.34a	2.82a	440.00a	13.19b
WSNB	17.80a	2.63ab	68.03a	0.46a	0.22a	2.99a	3.60a	531.60a	15.05ab