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Table 5 Effect of soil application of humic acid and bio-humic on moisture content % and oil content % in dry and fresh weights of 'Kalamata' olive trees

From: Effect of soil application of humic acid and bio-humic on yield and fruit quality of “Kalamata” olive trees

Treatments

Moisture content (%)

Oil in dry weight (%)

Oil in fresh weight (%)

1st season

2nd season

1st season

2nd season

1st season

2nd season

T1 = Control

34.26 c

36.31 c

35.10 c

36.20 c

16.36 c

18.90 c

T2 = Organic matter

47.77 b

48.36 b

39.65 b

38.80 b

22.26 b

22.10 b

T3 = T2 + humic acid

49.79 b

49.98 b

41.03 ab

40.33 ab

26.08 ab

25.77 ab

T4 = T2 + bio-humic

58.04 a

56.17 a

45.00 a

43.07 a

31.56 a

32.11 a

  1. Means within a column followed by different letter(s) are statistically different at 5% level