Morphological characterization and yield of pepper (Piper nigrum L.) types grown in Morogoro District, Tanzania

Table 4 Yield and yield components of pepper types grown in Morogoro district

Pepper types	No. of spikes/100 leaves	No. of spikes at different height from the ground		Individual wt. of fresh spike (g)	Fresh wt. of spike plant⁻¹ (kg)	Fresh wt. of berries (kg/plant)	No. of spikes/kg	Fresh wt. of 100 spikes (g)	Fresh wt. of 1000 berries (g)
Pepper types	No. of spikes/100 leaves	1 m	2 m	Individual wt. of fresh spike (g)	Fresh wt. of spike plant⁻¹ (kg)	Fresh wt. of berries (kg/plant)	No. of spikes/kg	Fresh wt. of 100 spikes (g)	Fresh wt. of 1000 berries (g)
Babu kubwa	65.0 ± 4.2c^a	86.6 ± 6.8bc	105.5 ± 9.9d	7.6 ± 0.12a	3.1 ± 0.25a	2.8 ± 0.25a	230.8 ± 2.04b	502.8 ± 9.9b	146.9 ± 1.15b
Babu ndogo	37.7 ± 4.03d	73.6 ± 7.02c	127.5 ± 18.7c	5.4 ± 0.09b	2.0 ± 0.17a	1.9 ± 0.16a	214.8 ± 5.85b	223.8 ± 21.8c	132.0 ± 1.95c
Babu kati	76.5 ± 3.3a	141.3 ± 9.8a	183.7 ± 18.9b	6.1 ± 0.29b	3.0 ± 0.61a	2.5 ± 0.6a	282.6 ± 13.38a	238.2 ± 16.5c	123.6 ± 2.12d
Ismailia	71.2 ± 4.2b	121.0 ± 10.7ab	254.4 ± 15.9a	7.5 ± 0.27a	2.3 ± 0.2a	2.2 ± 0.19a	139.4 ± 1.01c	704.3 ± 2.6a	164.2 ± 1.32a
Mean	62.6	105.6	167.8	6.6	2.6	2.3	216.9	417.3	141.7
CV%	5.1	2.4	1.3	12.1	52.4	57.6	12.9	13.5	4.7
d.f	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
F value	6.3	6.8	141.01	27.97	2.3	1.2	67.7	252.7	109.8
P value	0.028	0.023	< 0.001	< 0.001	0.084	0.310	< 0.001	< 0.001	< 0.001

^aMeans (± SE) bearing the same letter(s) within the column are not significantly (p > 0.05) different according to Turkey’s Honest Significance Test. CV, coefficient of variation and d.f, degrees of freedom

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