Selected silicon fertilizers and inducing agents applied by foliar sprays compared for the control of Venturia inaequalis and V. pirina on mean fruit yield of apple (Malus cv. Golden Delicious) and pear (Pyrus communis ‘Williams’ Bon Chrétien’), respectively.
| Treatment | Apple scab yield/tree (kg)z | Pear scab yield/tree (kg) z | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 2015 | 2014 | 2015 | |
| Water (control) | 5.2a | 5.9a | 6.0a | 5.6a |
| Sil-MATRIX (10 ml liter of water) | 5.8ab | 7.0ab | 7.2ab | 6.8ab |
| Salicylaldehyde | 6.0ab | 6.2a | 6.8a | 6.9ab |
| Fossil (10 ml liter of water) | 5.8ab | 6.6ab | 7.4abc | 7.4bc |
| Sirius (10 ml liter of water) | 6.4b | 6.7ab | 7.3ab | 7.8bcd |
| Rigel (3 ml liter of water) | 7.9c | 7.6b | 8.8c | 9.2d |
| Topas (1.5 ml liter of water) | 8.6c | 7.8b | 8.4c | 8.4cd |
| Treatment | 0.030 | 0.045 | 0.050 | <0.022 |
↵z Mean of ten randomized complete blocks with one tree per block.
Note: Lowercase letters indicate significant differences between means for each evaluation date by Tukey highly significance test (P = 0.05).