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Table 1

Yield component, grapes maturity indexes, anthocyanins profiles, flavonols content and sunscald damage of vines subjected to ELR (E) compared to non defoliated plants (C) at three different vigor level (V): high (H), medium (M) and low (L).

Parameter EW-H   NS-M   NS-L   Average   Significance    
  C E C E C E C E E V ExV
Yield components                      
Berry Weight (g) 1.99 1.97 1.93 1.55 1.88 1.70 1.93 1.74 ** ** *
Berries per Cluster 111 96 104 108 93 83 103 96 * ** n.s.
Cluster weight (g) 222 189 209 163 175 141 202 164 *** *** n.s.
Production per plant (kg) 2.88 2.66 2.50 1.63 2.14 1.64 2.51 1.98 *** *** n.s.
Seeds per berry 2.83 2.48 2.40 2.20 2.27 2.13 2.50 2.27 ** *** n.s.
Skin to berry ratio 9.6 9.7 11.4 13.3 10.2 12.4 10.4 11.8 * ** n.s.
Seeds to berry ratio 6.6 5.8 6.5 8.0 5.4 6.7 6.2 6.8 T ** **
Pulp to berry ratio 86.1 86.7 84.9 82.5 86.5 84.0 85.8 84.4 * ** t
Grapes maturity indexes                      
Sugar (Brix) 21.7 23.4 24.6 24.7 23.5 24.2 23.3 24.1 ** *** n.s.
pH 2.94 2.98 3.06 3.06 3.06 3.08 3.02 3.04 n.s. * n.s.
Total Acidity (g/L tartaric acid) 6.99 7.23 5.80 6.13 6.17 6.01 6.32 6.46 n.s. *** n.s.
Extractable anthocyanins (%) 588 645 694 705 703 702 662 684 n.s. *** n.s.
Total Anthocyanins (mg/kg) 875 1050 1075 1066 1070 1059 1007 1058 n.s. *** t
Anthocyanins per berry (mg) 1.71 2.02 2.02 1.56 1.90 1.68 1.88 1.75 n.s. n.s. ***
Extractability (%) 32.8 38.3 35.0 33.8 34.1 33.2 34.0 35.1 n.s. n.s. t
Anthocyanins profile                      
Delphinin (%) 9.4 10.7 9.8 11.9 9.2 9.7 9.5 10.7 ** n.s. n.s.
Cianin (%) 16.2 22.9 26.3 28.1 28.0 33.6 23.5 28.2 *** *** n.s.
Petunin (%) 16.3 17.5 15.7 16.7 14.7 14.8 15.6 16.3 n.s. *** n.s.
Peonin (%) 14.0 13.8 16.4 14.4 17.5 16.7 16.0 14.9 n.s. *** n.s.
Malvin (%) 41.0 32.7 28.8 26.2 28.2 22.7 32.6 27.2 *** *** n.s.
Di-tri substituted ratio 0.45 0.62 0.79 0.80 0.90 1.08 0.71 0.83 * *** n.s.
Acilated (%) 2.8 2.3 2.7 2.5 2.3 2.2 2.6 2.4 ** ** n.s.
Flavonols (mg/kg)                      
Rutin 0.01 0.19 0.08 0.69 0.05 0.38 0.05 0.42 *** *** n.s.
Quercetin 3-O-glucuronide 5.8 11.8 10.6 23.1 11.2 18.8 9.2 17.9 *** *** **
Quercetin 3-O-glucoside 11.9 19.8 17.7 31.8 21.4 32.6 17.0 28.1 *** *** n.s.
Glycosides of Myricetin 6.5 9.1 8.0 12.4 8.4 9.9 7.6 10.5 *** *** **
Kaempferol 3-O-glucoside 2.8 6.0 4.6 12.4 5.9 11.2 4.43 9.87 *** *** **
Sunscald damage                      
Diffusion Index (DI) 26.1 26.6 34.1 38.1 42.6 43.1 34.3 35.9 n.s. *** n.s.
Severity Inex (SI) 5.3 6.6 10.2 9.3 12.3 16.8 9.3 10.9 n.s. *** n.s.

Differences inside the same block, represented in bold type, were identified with a Multiple Range Test, performed according to the Fisher's least significant difference (LSD) with a 95% confidence level. The influence of E, V and their interaction was evaluated with a multifactor ANOVA followed by the Tukey's honestly significance difference (HSD) procedure with a 95% confidence level. *, **, ***, ^ and n.s. indicates, in the same order, significance at P<0.05, P<0.01, P<0.001, P<0.1 and not significant.

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