Table 5.
Harvesting years (2019 and 2021). Different capital letters correspond to significant differences (p < 0.05) between years within each treatment; different small letters correspond to significant differences (p < 0.05) between treatment for the same year.
| Year (Y) | Treatment (T) | Total Soluble Solids (°Brix) | pH | Titratable Acidity (g Malic Acid 100 g−1) |
Maturity Index |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Uncovered | 9.80 ± 0.20 Aa | 3.62 ± 0.02 Aa | 0.57 ± 0.04 Aa | 17.28 ± 1.43 Aa |
| Covered | 11.22 ± 0.42 Bb | 3.79 ± 0.04 Ab | 0.60 ± 0.10 Aa | 19.09 ± 2.67 Aa | |
| p-value | 0.001 | 0.001 | 0.624 | 0.359 | |
| 2021 | Uncovered | 9.63 ± 0.35 Ab | 4.06 ± 0.05 Ba | 0.50 ± 0.02 Aa | 19.14 ± 0.55 Ab |
| Covered | 8.27 ± 0.55 Aa | 4.14 ± 0.01 Ba | 0.47 ± 0.02 Aa | 17.76 ± 0.57 Aa | |
| p-value | 0.022 | 0.067 | 0.070 | 0.039 | |
| P (Y) | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.001 | 0.683 | |
| P (T) | 0.862 | 0.000 | 0.957 | 0.742 | |
| P (Y × T) | 0.000 | 0.003 | 0.165 | 0.028 |