Treatments | Number of fruits/plant | Total plant yield (kg) | Fruit firmness (kg/cm2) | Fruit vitamin C (mg/100Â g FW) | Fruit TSS (%) |
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Control | 32 ± 7d | 2.6 ± 0.08e | 12.3 ± 1.0bc | 3.5 ± 0.5c | 7.0 ± 0.3a |
NPK fertilizer | 70 ± 11ab | 4.9 ± 0.61ab | 15.6 ± 1.5a | 5.9 ± 1.1a | 7.6 ± 0.4a |
Soil-glycine (250 mg/plant) | 64 ± 9ab | 4.6 ± 0.59ab | 14.1 ± 1.3abc | 5.3 ± 0.9ab | 7.3 ± 0.5a |
Soil-glycine (500 mg/plant) | 74 ± 10a | 5.3 ± 0.53a | 15.1 ± 1.1a | 6.0 ± 1.0a | 7.2 ± 0.3a |
Foliar-glycine (250 ppm) | 45 ± 7 cd | 3.5 ± 0.45cd | 13.6 ± 1.4abc | 4.2 ± 0.8bc | 7.2 ± 0.4a |
Foliar-glycine (500 ppm) | 58 ± 8bc | 4.2 ± 0.60bc | 14.2 ± 2.1abc | 5.8 ± 0.9a | 7.3 ± 0.6a |
Foliar-glycine (1000 ppm) | 41 ± 72d | 3.0 ± 0.51de | 12.0 ± 1.4c | 4.3 ± 0.7bc | 7.1 ± 0.3a |
ANOVA* | P-value = 0.01 | P-value = 0.01 | P-value = 0.05 | P-value = 0.01 | P-value = ns |