Treatment

1-MCP

Ethephon

Fluorescence yield

Membrane damage

2011

2012

2011

2012

g a.i. ha⁻¹

mL∙ha⁻¹

100%

1

0

0

0.539cd

0.670ab

9.95abc

9.92d

2

0

146

0.537cd

0.665ab

10.30abc

11.95ab

3

0

292

0.532d

0.662ab

11.53ab

11.96ab

4

0

438

0.534cd

0.660b

11.96a

12.06a

5

10

0

0.562a

0.677a

8.79c

10.88c

6

10

146

0.550b

0.676a

9.70bc

10.43cd

7

10

292

0.543bc

0.666ab

9.62bc

11.14bc

8

10

438

0.536cd

0.675ab

10.97ab

11.02c

LSD (0.05)

0.011

0.016

2.06

0.92

Orthogonal contrast

Ethephon vs. ethephon + 1-MCP

**

*

NS

**

1-MCP vs. 1-MCP absent

**

*

*

*

Control vs. ethephon

NS

NS

NS

**

1-MCP vs. 1-MCP + ethphon

**

NS

NS

NS

Ethephon vs. ethephon absent

**

NS

*

**