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Pepper types
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No. of spikes/100 leaves
|
No. of spikes at different height from the ground
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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)
|
|---|
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1 m
|
2 m
|
|---|
|
Babu kubwa
|
65.0 ± 4.2ca
|
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
