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Table 2 Chili plant yield and biomass yield

From: Determination of the yield, enzymatic and metabolic response of two Capsicum spp. cultivars to deficit irrigation and fertilization using the stable isotope 15N

 

C. annuum 'Chili-AS Rot'

C. chinense 'Naga Morich'

FCff

FChf

DIff

DIhf

FCff

FChf

DIff

DIhf

Yield per plant (g)

123.64 ± 10.53b

110.77 ± 9.63c

151.14 ± 13.89a

122.16 ± 10.63b

39.73 ± 2.96c

48.69 ± 3.72b

43.27 ± 2.22c

53.40 ± 3.67a

Fruit number per plant

8.8 ± 0.2c

7.9 ± 0.3c

13.7 ± 0.3a

10.4 ± 0.2b

11.3 ± 0.4d

13.9 ± 0.2c

14.4 ± 0.4b

17.8 ± 0.5a

Fruit DW per plant

19.81 ± 1.52b

17.78 ± 1.79b

25.03 ± 2.63a

20.22 ± 1.99b

10.10 ± 0.84b

12.84 ± 0.72a

9.74 ± 0.62b

13.46 ± 1.83a

Leaves FW per plant (g)

54.81 ± 2.63a

46.32 ± 4.37b

51.40 ± 3.63b

49.29 ± 2.66b

61.50 ± 1.23b

88.28 ± 3.78a

66.10 ± 3.67b

56.96 ± 3.73b

Leaves DW per plant (g)

14.84 ± 1.09a

12.26 ± 1.53a

12.23 ± 0.94a

13.83 ± 0.74a

17.38 ± 1.32b

24.42 ± 1.62a

20.20 ± 2.72b

18.02 ± 1.73b

Stems FW per plant (g)

59.70 ± 2.63b

63.52 ± 1.62b

63.10 ± 3.08b

72.95 ± 4.75a

69.52 ± 3.44a

51.50 ± 3.78b

57.14 ± 2.56b

66.72 ± 2.63a

Stems DW per plant (g)

16.35 ± 1.04b

17.94 ± 0.99b

24.97 ± 1.41a

17.46 ± 0.84b

22.84 ± 0.90a

20.21 ± 0.48a

23.73 ± 1.62a

21.95 ± 0.88a

Root FW per plant (g)

36.92 ± 1.00b

43.14 ± 2.63a

32.93 ± 2.81b

21.64 ± 0.89c

42.75 ± 1.02a

25.14 ± 1.24c

37.36 ± 1.54b

30.29 ± 2.09b

Root DW per plant (g)

7.52 ± 0.11b

8.63 ± 0.21a

7.50 ± 0.31b

6.63 ± 0.22b

10.14 ± 0.12a

8.24 ± 0.32b

9.90 ± 0.11b

8.61 ± 0.29b

TOTAL PLANT FW (g)

151.41 ± 7.46a

152.90 ± 9.67a

147.40 ± 8.55a

143.72 ± 7.42a

173.73 ± 8.53a

164.82 ± 6.26b

160.53 ± 8.54b

153.71 ± 9.52b

TOTAL PLANT DW (g)

38.61 ± 1.35b

38.73 ± 1.73b

44.61 ± 2.57a

37.84 ± 1.75b

50.29 ± 3.11a

52.86 ± 2.56a

53.83 ± 1.06a

48.52 ± 1.69a

  1. FCff field capacity irrigation and full dose of fertilizer, FChf field capacity irrigation and half dose of fertilizer, Diff deficit irrigation and full dose of fertilizer, DIhf deficit irrigation and half dose of fertilizer
  2. Data are means ± standard error (n = 5)
  3. Data with different lower-case letters (a to d) are significantly different in the same row (multi-way ANOVA; Duncan test)