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.
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 |