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Table 3 LMM analysis of predicted and measured malate concentration (mmol Kg FW −1 ) during post-harvest fruit ripening

From: Modeling the vacuolar storage of malate shed lights on pre- and post-harvest fruit acidity

F-valueaand significanceb

Year

Factors

Predicted malate concentration

Measured malate concentration

2011

   
 

c

199***

284***

 

p

Ns

Ns

 

a

6*

11**

 

r

363***

327***

 

r2

563***

241***

 

r3

12***

Ns

 

p : r

Ns

Ns

 

a : c

4*

15***

 

a : r

Ns

15***

 

c : r

92***

50***

 

p : a

Ns

Ns

 

p : c

Ns

Ns

 

a:c:r

Ns

Ns

 

p : a : c

Ns

Ns

 

p : a : r

Ns

Ns

 

p : a : c : r

Ns

Ns

2012

   
 

c

139***

73***

 

f

Ns

Ns

 

r

473***

386***

 

r2

341***

184***

 

r3

Ns

Ns

 

c : f

Ns

Ns

 

c : r

46***

51***

 

f : r

Ns

Ns

 

c : f : r

Ns

Ns

  1. aThe F-value is given only for the factors retained from the optimal model.
  2. b*** p-value <0.001; **p-value <0.01; *p-value < 0.05; Ns: not significant.
  3. cCodes for factors: c = cultivar; p = pruning treatment; a = fruit age at harvest; r = ripening stage; f = potassium fertilization treatment.
  4. The factors studied were ripening stage, fruit age at harvest, cultivars, and pruning treatment in the 2011 experiment, and ripening stage, cultivars, and potassium fertilization treatment in the 2012 experiment.