Chitosan-based foliar application modulated the yield and biochemical attributes of peach (Prunus persica L.) cv. Early Grand

Bulletin of the National Research Centre

Table 1 Mean square value of various attributes of peach influenced by chitosan concentration and its time of application

SOV	Df	SFW	FrV	NOFPP	FYPT	Mean square (MS)		TSS	TA	AA	FJpH
SOV	Df	SFW	FrV	NOFPP	FYPT	DI	FrF	TSS	TA	AA	FJpH
Reps	2	4.75^ns	0.583^ns	0.361^ns	29.361^ns	1.478^ns	0.01^ns	0.005^ns	0^ns	0.008^ns	0.004^ns
Time (S)	2	24.333**	30.083**	4.111*	308.028*	1.712*	0.114**	0.214**	0.003*	0.031*	0.021*
Error-I	4	0.958	1.292	0.361	25.361	0.214	0.006	0.008	0	0.004	0.003
Chitosan (C)	3	1584.18***	1188.1***	63.88***	872.519***	120.439***	3.626***	12.671***	0.366***	0.293***	0.846***
S × C	6	7.148^ns	2.824^ns	0.407^ns	157.324^ns	0.691^ns	0.001^ns	0.016^ns	0^ns	0.001^ns	0.006^ns
Error-II	18	4.074	1.611	0.287	75.694	0.783	0.016	0.018	0.001	0.003	0.002
Total	35

ns non-significant, SFW single fruit weight, FrV fruit volume, NOFPP no. of fruit per plant, FYPT fruit yield per tree, DI disease incidence, FrF fruit firmness, TSS total soluble solid, TA titratable acidity, AA ascorbic acid, FrJ pH Fruit juice pH
***p ≤ 0.001; **p ≤ 0.01; *p ≤ 0.05