Table 6.
Mean values ± standard error of yield, number of fruits per tree, oil yield and water-use efficiency during the three study years.
| Control Points | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| T1 | 9105 ± 449 | ab | 12507 ± 759 | a | 15575 ± 625 | b | |
| T2 | 12146 ± 760 | a | 13284 ± 854 | a | 17809 ± 725 | b | |
| Yield | CR1 | 10240 ± 2037 | ab | 9732 ± 1362 | a | 18244 ± 726 | b |
| (kg/ha) | CR2 | 6740 ± 1324 | b | 5490 ± 1274 | b | 21478 ± 1324 | a |
| CR3 | 10788 ± 1453 | ab | 10937 ± 1687 | a | 18535 ± 2062 | ab | |
| CR4 | 15277 ± 683 | b | |||||
| Significance | * | * | * | ||||
| T1 | 2160 ± 131 | ab | 4454 ± 383 | a | 5208 ± 298 | b | |
| T2 | 3231 ± 297 | a | 4580 ± 510 | a | 6457 ± 230 | ab | |
| Number of fruits per tree | CR1 | 2625 ± 511 | ab | 2884 ± 302 | ab | 6714 ± 435 | a |
| CR2 | 1628 ± 285 | b | 1345 ± 388 | b | 7568 ± 548 | a | |
| CR3 | 2621 ± 486 | ab | 3966 ± 1202 | a | 6449 ± 958 | ab | |
| CR4 | 5089 ± 164 | b | |||||
| Significance | * | * | |||||
| T1 | 1725 ± 84 | ab | 2211 ± 104 | a | 3047 ± 61 | ||
| T2 | 2205 ± 140 | a | 2423 ± 174 | a | 3375 ± 171 | ||
| CR1 | 1362 ± 271 | bc | 1372 ± 201 | b | 3090 ± 148 | ||
| Oil yield | CR2 | 1024 ± 201 | c | 914 ± 230 | b | 3468 ± 141 | |
| (kg/ha) | CR3 | 1899 ± 256 | ab | 2071 ± 276 | a | 3508 ± 345 | |
| CR4 | 3033 ± 154 | ||||||
| Significance | * | * | n.s. | ||||
| T1 | 36 ± 1.78 | ab | 41 ± 2.50 | a | 36 ± 1.44 | c | |
| T2 | 49 ± 3.06 | a | 50 ± 3.22 | a | 41 ± 1.67 | bc | |
| CR1 | 44 ± 8.78 | ab | 49 ± 6.87 | a | 45 ± 1.79 | b | |
| WP yield | CR2 | 29 ± 5.73 | b | 23.66 ± 5.49 | b | 52 ± 3.22 | a |
| (kg/m3) | CR3 | 48 ± 6.40 | ab | 50.86 ± 7.85 | a | 42 ± 4.64 | bc |
| CR4 | 37 ± 1.65 | c | |||||
| Significance | * | * | * | ||||
| T1 | 7 ± 0.33 | ab | 7.29 ± 0.34 | ab | 7.03 ± 0.14 | b | |
| T2 | 8 ± 0.56 | a | 9.14 ± 0.65 | ab | 7.76 ± 0.39 | ab | |
| CR1 | 7 ± 1.43 | ab | 6.93 ± 1.01 | b | 7.63 ± 0.37 | ab | |
| WP oil yield | CR2 | 4 ± 0.87 | b | 3.94 ± 0.99 | c | 8.45 ± 0.34 | a |
| (kg/m3) | CR3 | 6 ± 1.20 | ab | 9.63 ± 1.28 | a | 7.90 ± 0.78 | ab |
| CR4 | 7.32 ± 0.37 | ab | |||||
| Significance | * | * | * |
WP = water productivity. * indicates statistically significant differences according to Duncan’s multiple range test (p < 0.05). n.s. = non-significant.