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.

Factor201920202021
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 fertilizersControl8.44b0.83b23.5b8.50b0.88b26.8b8.42b0.85b29.0b
FF110.7a0.55a28.3a10.2a0.61a30.8a10.8a0.65a32.5a
FF211.1a0.57a27.7a10.2a0.63a30.5a10.7a0.66a33.0a
FF38.67b0.81b23.2b8.66b0.81b27.5b8.79b0.83b28.5b

(B) Experimental sitesHG A9.620.7125.29.380.7629.09.780.7530.7
HG B9.840.6825.69.430.7228.89.680.7730.8
HG C9.700.6926.29.380.7328.99.560.7330.7
F (A)
F (B)nsnsnsnsnsnsnsnsns
F (A × B)nsnsnsns

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).