Table 3 Influence of spraying Ag and Zn NPs on TSS, total sugars, reducing sugars and non- reduce sugars, acidity percentages and anthocyanin of fruit of “Florida prince” peach cultivar during 2020 season.

From: Productivity performance of peach trees, insecticidal and antibacterial bioactivities of leaf extracts as affected by nanofertilizers foliar application

Treatments

TSS (%)

Total sugars (%)

Reduced sugars (%)

Non-reduced sugars (%)

TSS/acidity

Acidity (%)

V.C. Mg/100 ml

Antho-cyanine (mg/100 g)

Control

8.29f

6.08f

2.26f

3.81e

12.50b

0.67a

5.08d

0.30d

Ag NPs 10 mL/L

8.97d

7.06d

2.84c

4.23d

14.71b

0.61abc

5.65c

0.36c

Ag NPs 12.5 mL/L

10.04b

8.14b

3.20a

4.94b

17.96a

0.56bc

7.14a

0.44b

Ag NPs 15 mL/L

10.51a

8.59a

3.25a

5.34a

19.58a

0.54c

7.41a

0.57a

Zn NPs 2.5 mL/L

8.70e

6.67e

2.49e

4.18d

13.58b

0.64ab

5.35cd

0.30d

Zn NPs 5 mL/L

9.06d

6.96d

2.70d

4.26d

14.41b

0.63ab

5.52c

0.33cd

Zn NPs 7.5 mL/L

9.62c

7.73c

3.08b

4.64c

18.02a

0.54c

6.33b

0.57a

LSD = 0.05

0.13

0.12

0.09

0.12

2.44

0.09

0.43

0.04

  1. *Means not sharing the same letter(s) within each column, significantly different at 0.05 level of probability.