Table 5 Three vegetative flushes trend in different fruiting habits plants during on- & off-years.

From: Climate variables effect on fruiting pattern of Kinnow mandarin (Citrus nobilis Lour × C. deliciosa Tenora) grown at different agro-climatic regions

Three vegetative flushes

Fruiting habit plants

Vegetative flush trend in different fruiting habit plants

Sargodha

T.T Singh

Vehari

On-year

Off-year

On-year

Off-year

On-year

Off-year

Spring flush (%)

Heavy fruiting

60 ± 2.13a

55 ± 2.15b

55 ± 1.98b

50 ± 2.22c

57 ± 2.41ab

53 ± 2.1b

Medium fruiting

58 ± 2.35a

56 ± 1.93b

53 ± 3.21b

52 ± 2.85bc

56 ± 2.54b

55 ± 1.98b

Light fruiting

55 ± 2.5b

57 ± 2.28ab

54 ± 2.41b

47 ± 3.05c

54 ± 2.74b

52 ± 2.32bc

Summer flush (%)

Heavy fruiting

28 ± 2.45e

29 ± 2.08e

30 ± 1.74e

34 ± 1.87d

30 ± 2.25e

32 ± 1.9de

Medium fruiting

29 ± 2.21e

30 ± 2.23e

34 ± 3.15d

33 ± 2.73d

30 ± 2.16e

32 ± 1.24de

Light fruiting

32 ± 3.22de

29 ± 2.62d

32 ± 3.15de

35 ± 3.03d

31 ± 3.16e

34 ± 3.21d

Autumn flush (%)

Heavy fruiting

12 ± 3.05g

16 ± 2.14f

15 ± 2.01f

16 ± 2.14f

13 ± 2.41g

15 ± 1.87f

Medium fruiting

13 ± 1.98g

14 ± 2.23fg

13 ± 1.25g

15 ± 2.13f

14 ± 1.85fg

13 ± 1.24g

Light fruiting

13 ± 2.21g

14 ± 2.33fg

14 ± 2.65fg

18 ± 2.43f

15 ± 2.2f

14 ± 3.15fg

  1. Results are shown in means (± SD) and sharing different letters are significantly differed to each other according to LSD test (P ≤ 0.05).