Table 6.

The influence of silicon fertilizers and inducing agents applied by foliar sprays on silicon content (mg/kg) of fruit of apple (Malus cv. Golden Delicious) and pear (Pyrus communis ‘Williams’ Bon Chrétien’).

TreatmentApplezPearz
2014201520142015
Water (control)15.0a13.4a14.6a12.3a
Sil-MATRIX (10 ml liter of water)26.1bc24.8b27.9b23.8b
Salicylaldehyde16.8a15.3a13.9a14.6a
Fossil (10 ml liter of water)22.3b27.0b25.0b25.0bc
Sirius (10 ml liter of water)26.5bc25.8b24.3b27.1bc
Rigel (3 ml liter of water)29.0c26.1b27.2b27.5c
Topas (1.5 ml liter of water)17.4a12.4a14.0a14.1a
Treatment0.0010.0010.0010.001
  • z Mean of ten randomized complete blocks with one tree per block. Three fruits per tree were randomly selected throughout the crown for Si analysis.

    Note: Lowercase letters indicate significant differences between means for each evaluation date by Tukey highly significance test (P = 0.05).