Table 5 Impact of treatment combination on fruit physical parameters.

From: Assessing the interplay of paclobutrazol and micronutrients for enhanced litchi production

(Pooled data of 2 years)

Treatment

Number of flushes

Intensity of flush(cm)

Overall Percentage of shoots flushing

Days for panicle emergence

Day for flower initiation

Duration of flowering

Duration of full bloom to harvest

Duration of fruit set to harvest

T1

3

14.6

36.0c

140.8

163.2

22.5

81.2

72.3ab

T2

3.2

14.4

34.4c

145.0

162.0

22.8

80.0

68.7c

T3

3.2

14.0

36.5c

142.5

163.7

25.2

77.2

70.3bc

T4

3

14.0

36.0c

145.7

163.2

23.3

76.5

71.0bc

T5

3.2

13.9

32.4c

144.0

162.7

23.7

82.7

73.0ab

T6

3

15.0

34.9c

142.8

163.8

24.5

82.7

72.7ab

T7

3.2

14.9

34.4c

142.5

162.2

23.5

82.7

71.7ab

T8

3

13.9

35.4c

141.8

163.0

23.7

77.3

72.0ab

T9

3

14.4

33.2c

141.0

163.2

24.0

77.3

69.8bc

T10

3.2

13.3

31.1d

143.0

163.5

24.2

85.3

70.7bc

T11

4

19.4

41.8b

146.7

167.5

24.7

77.0

70.7bc

T12

4

20.1

45.4a

145.7

167.7

24.2

80.3

71.3bc

T13

4

19.7

43.1b

144.7

167.2

24.7

76.5

70.0bc

T14

4

20.3

46.5a

146.7

167.8

24.3

73.7

69.7bc

T15

4

21.5

48.2a

148.0

169.5

23.0

84.3

76.0a

CD (0.05)

NS

NS

4.34

NS

NS

NS

NS

2.70

  1. *Means within a column followed by the same superscript letter(s) are not significantly different at the 5% level according to the Critical Difference (CD) test at P = 0.05.