Table 4.
Effect of shading nets on total soluble solids (TSS), dry matter, CIELab colorimetric parameters, and fruit size.
| Treatment | TSS | Dry Matter | L | a * | b * | Chroma | Hue Angle | Equatorial Diameter | Polar Diameter |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (°Brix) | (%) | (mm) | (mm) | ||||||
| Control | 7.43 ± 0.30 a | 8.71 ± 0.32 a | 36.35 ± 0.12 b | 28.80 ± 0.90 | 23.27 ± 0.64 | 37.03 ± 0.08 ab | 218.94 ± 0.59 | 24.52 ± 0.21 c | 33.16 ± 0.01 b |
| White net | 5.40 ± 0.06 b | 7.63 ± 0.14 b | 38.12 ± 0.24 a | 29.49 ± 0.20 | 23.50 ± 0.16 | 37.70 ± 0.22 a | 218.55 ± 0.21 | 26.26 ± 0.11 b | 36.55 ± 0.17 a |
| Pearl grey net | 5.30 ± 0.25 b | 7.25 ± 0.20 b | 37.32 ± 0.26 ab | 28.21 ± 0.31 | 23.76 ± 0.35 | 36.89 ± 0.03 b | 220.11 ± 0.62 | 27.00 ± 0.04 a | 36.71 ± 0.13 a |
| Significance | ** | * | * | ns | ns | * | ns | *** | *** |
ns, *, **, and *** non-significant or significant at p ≤ 0.05, 0.01, and 0.001, respectively. Different letters within each column indicate significant differences according to Tukey’s HSD test (p = 0.05). All data are expressed as mean ± standard error, n = 3.