Table 1 Effects of different crop load treatments on leaf area, SPAD, the total N content of leaves at the fruit maturity stage in 2014 and 2015.

From: Effects of crop load on distribution and utilization of 13C and 15N and fruit quality for dwarf apple trees

Treatment

2014

2015

Leaf area (cm2)

SPAD (arbitrary units)

Pn (μmol·m2·s−1)

Total N content of leaves (g)

Root- shoot ratio

Leaf area (cm2)

SPAD (arbitrary units)

Pn (μmol·m2·s−1)

Total N content of leaves (g)

Root- shoot ratio

High-crop load (6.0 fruits cm−2 TCA)

27.51 ± 0.5260 c

48.36 ± 0.9341 c

10.23 ± 0.5033c

13.47 ± 0.2219 c

0.31 ± 0.0275 c

28.01 ± 0.3213 c

47.89 ± 0.4821c

9.78 ± 0.2926 c

13.28 ± 1.1077 c

0.34 ± 0.0156 c

Medium-crop load (4.0 fruits cm−2 TCA)

29.97 ± 0.4474 b

52.37 ± 1.115 b

11.83 ± 0.5508 b

16.76 ± 1.0372 b

0.35 ± 0.0164 b

31.34 ± 0.9209 b

53.70 ± 1.0782 b

12.30 ± 0.3603 b

19.18 ± 1.3471 b

0.38 ± 0.0392 b

Low-crop load (2.0 fruits cm−2 TCA)

32.84 ± 0.7759 a

55.70 ± 0.4795 a

13.50 ± 0.2646 a

24.23 ± 1.4333 a

0.39 ± 0.0275 a

34.92 ± 0.7427 a

56.33 ± 2.0324 a

14.06 ± 0.2517 a

25.27 ± 0.6875 a

0.43 ± 0.0269 a

  1. Note: Means followed by similar letter within each column are not significantly different at the 0.05 level.