Research Article
Effects of Foliar Fertilization on Nutrient Uptake, Yield, and Fruit Quality of Pomelo (Citrus grandis Osbeck) Grown in the Mekong Delta Soils
Table 4
Influence of treatments on the pomelo yield and fruit quality.
| Factor | | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | TSS (°Brix) | Acidity (%) | Fruit yield (t ha−1) | TSS (°Brix) | Acidity (%) | Fruit yield (t ha−1) | TSS (°Brix) | Acidity (%) | Fruit yield (t ha−1) |
| (A) Foliar fertilizers | Control | 8.44b | 0.83b | 23.5b | 8.50b | 0.88b | 26.8b | 8.42b | 0.85b | 29.0b | FF1 | 10.7a | 0.55a | 28.3a | 10.2a | 0.61a | 30.8a | 10.8a | 0.65a | 32.5a | FF2 | 11.1a | 0.57a | 27.7a | 10.2a | 0.63a | 30.5a | 10.7a | 0.66a | 33.0a | FF3 | 8.67b | 0.81b | 23.2b | 8.66b | 0.81b | 27.5b | 8.79b | 0.83b | 28.5b |
| (B) Experimental sites | HG A | 9.62 | 0.71 | 25.2 | 9.38 | 0.76 | 29.0 | 9.78 | 0.75 | 30.7 | HG B | 9.84 | 0.68 | 25.6 | 9.43 | 0.72 | 28.8 | 9.68 | 0.77 | 30.8 | HG C | 9.70 | 0.69 | 26.2 | 9.38 | 0.73 | 28.9 | 9.56 | 0.73 | 30.7 | F (A) | | | | | | | | | | | F (B) | | ns | ns | ns | ns | ns | ns | ns | ns | ns | F (A × B) | | ns | | | | ns | | ns | ns | |
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Different lowercase letters indicate significant differences at P < 0.05 (∗), P < 0.01 (∗∗), and P < 0.001 (∗∗∗); ns, not significant; FF1: 29.7 P2O5, 5.0 K2O, 6.7 MgO (% w/w); FF2: 29.7 P2O5, 5.0 K2O, 4.5 MgO, 6.0 Zn (% w/w); FF3: 35 Zn (% w/w).
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