Table 5.
Effect of water irrigation (IR) levels, triacontanol (TR) foliar applications, and their interactions on fruit quality parameters of strawberry plant in 2020/2021.
| Irrigation (IR) | 100% WHC | 80% WHC | 40% WHC | Mean | 100% WHC | 80% WHC | 40% WHC | Mean |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Treatments | Total Soluble Acids % | Fruit Diameter (cm) | ||||||
| 0 ppm TR | 4.4 d | 5.6 bc | 6.0 bc | 5.4 b | 2.4 c–e | 2.07 de | 1.5 e | 1.97 b |
| 0.5 ppm TR | 5.0 cd | 5.8 bc | 6.43 b | 5.7 b | 3.3 bc | 2.7 cd | 1.6 e | 2.5 b |
| 1 ppm TR | 5.67 bc | 6.80 b | 8.03 a | 6.8 a | 4.4 a | 3.9 ab | 3.1 bc | 3.8 a |
| Mean | 5.033 c | 6.17 b | 6.82 a | 3.4 a | 2.8 a | 2.06 b | ||
| LSD.005 | ||||||||
| IR | 0.7 | 0.5 | ||||||
| TR | 0.7 | 0.6 | ||||||
| IR XTR | 1.2 | 0.9 | ||||||
| Treatments | Firmness (kg·m−2) | Fruit Length (cm) | ||||||
| 0 ppm TR | 0.09 e | 0.25 bc | 0.22 b–d | 0.19 b | 3.5 d–f | 3.3 ef | 2.7 f | 3.2 c |
| 0.5 ppm TR | 0.15 de | 0.19 b–d | 0.29 ab | 0.21 ab | 4.6 bc | 3.9 c–e | 2.9 f | 3.8 b |
| 1 ppm TR | 0.19 c–e | 0.22 b–d | 0.38 a | 0.26 a | 5.8 a | 5.2 ab | 4.4 b–d | 5.2 a |
| Mean | 0.146 c | 0.22 b | 0.29 a | 4.6 a | 4.2 a | 3.4 b | ||
| LSD.005 | ||||||||
| IR | 0.05 | 0.58 | ||||||
| TR | 0.06 | 0.6 | ||||||
| IR XTR | 0.09 | 1.1 | ||||||
Values followed by the same letter are not significant according to the LSD test (p ≤ 0.05%).