Table 7 Impact of foliar application of PBZ, ZnSO4 and Boron on biochemical parameters of litchi fruits.

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

Pooled data of 2 years

Treatments combination

Reducing sugar (%)

Non-reducing (%)

Total sugar (%)

TSS (°B)

Titratable acidity (%)

TSS:Acid

Ascorbic acid (mg/100 g)

T1

10.55bc

2.78bc

13.48c

20.97ab

0.34bc

63.44cd

31.10c

T2

10.62bc

4.29a

15.13ab

19.67bc

0.29a

70.50ab

31.02c

T3

11.83a

2.39c

14.35bc

20.67ab

0.34bc

63.57cd

34.15ab

T4

11.00ab

4.02a

15.22ab

21.40a

0.30ab

74.51a

34.23ab

T5

10.13cd

3.68a

14.01bc

19.87bc

0.35bc

58.46e

24.60e

T6

10.84bc

2.77bc

13.74c

20.33ab

0.35bc

59.60de

28.67d

T7

11.09ab

2.88bc

14.12bc

19.75bc

0.34bc

60.03de

31.33c

T8

10.87bc

4.07a

15.15ab

19.43bc

0.30a

67.34bc

34.94ab

T9

13.10a

2.57c

15.80a

20.13ab

0.36c

56.74f

36.11a

T10

10.07cd

3.20bc

13.44c

19.13c

0.33bc

62.63d

30.16cd

T11

10.35cd

2.66bc

13.15c

19.80bc

0.34bc

59.88de

33.21ab

T12

11.12ab

3.47ab

14.78b

20.48ab

0.32ab

69.06ab

33.21ab

T13

9.86d

4.30a

14.39bc

20.37ab

0.31ab

70.95ab

34.78ab

T14

11.86a

2.94bc

14.95ab

19.83bc

0.32ab

65.05c

36.50a

T15

10.55e

3.82a

12.55d

17.05d

0.35bc

50.43g

29.77d

CD

T

T

T

T

T

T

Y

6.38

2.39

1.72

2.11

0.07

21.07

7.99

  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.