Table 1. Fruit quality attributes in niitaka pear at harvest

Treatments	Fruit weight (g)	Firmness (N)	SSC (°Brix)	TA (%)	Ethylene production (μL/kg/h)	Respiration rate (mL/kg/h)
2014
Control	620.8±12.7^c1)	70.6±2.6^a	10.7±0.12^b	0.23±0.01^a	Trace	5.08±0.13^a
Dongbu GA gold	675.6±8.5^b	64.6±3.4^b	11.1±0.13^a	0.16±0.01^b	Trace	5.11±0.09^a
Nebaekeo	736.5±10.9^a	54.4±0.7^c	11.1±0.10^a	0.15±0.0^b	0.28±0.06	4.92±0.03^a
Busa	699.9±27.4^ab	62.2±0.5^bc	10.6±0.25^b	0.16±0.01^b	Trace	4.96±0.03^a
GA hyeophwa	661.8±9.1^b	60.4±1.6^bc	11.3±0.15^a	0.17±0.01^b	Trace	4.91±0.04^a
2015
Control	624.9±33.2^d	51.8±2.0^a	10.9±0.18^b	0.16±0.02^a	Trace	10.01±0.05^a
Dongbu GA gold	716.9±28.0^c	50.0±1.2^ab	12.0±0.19^a	0.16±0.01^a	Trace	6.88±0.03^b
Nebaekeo	735.5±43.0^bc	44.4±2.3^b	11.8±0.37^ab	0.13±0.01^b	Trace	6.64±0.04^b
Busa	743.5±47.2^b	50.2±1.6^ab	11.7±0.12^ab	0.15±0.01^ab	Trace	6.96±0.07^b
GA hyeophwa	793.9±95.9^a	52.5±4.2^a	12.2±0.61^a	0.17±0.01^a	Trace	6.67±0.04^b
Treatments (A)	^**2)	^****	^****	^****	NS	^*
Year (B)	^**	^****	^****	^****	NS	^*
A×B	^****	NS	NS	^****	NS	NS³⁾

Different letters indicate statistically significant differences at p⟨0.05 based on Duncan’s multiple range test. Values represent the mean±SE (fruit weight, n=250, firmness et al., n=15).
Asterisks (^*,**,*** or ^****) indicate statistically significant correlation at p⟨0.05, 0.01, 0.001 or 0.0001, respectively.
NS, non-significant.