Table 5.
Summary of the analysis of variance for the NFP—number of fruits, TPP—total production per plant, AFW—average fruit weight, FPD—fruit polar diameter, and FED—fruit equatorial diameter of sour passion fruit irrigated with saline water and salicylic acid.
| SV | DF | Mean Squares | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NFP | TPP | AFW | FPD | FED | ||
| Electrical conductivity of water (ECw) | 4 | 435.32 ** | 45,478,334.44 ** | 23,256.97 ** | 1192.04 ** | 133.01 ** |
| Linear regression | 1 | 1736.75 ** | 177,682,003.33 ** | 76,081.37 ** | 4371.51 ** | 480.84 ** |
| Quadratic regression | 1 | 2.24 ns | 4,163,582.69 ns | 15,074.53 ns | 240.24 ns | 0.04 ns |
| Residual 1 | 8 | 0.50 | 257,253.92 | 169.15 | 0.09 | 17.43 |
| Salicylic acid (SA) | 3 | 26.81 ** | 1,468,987.39 * | 1431.03 ** | 185.75 ns | 26.06 ns |
| Linear regression | 1 | 0.57 ns | 666,382.38 ns | 1106.22 ns | - | - |
| Quadratic regression | 1 | 40.13 ** | 2,088,240.70 ** | 3011.83 ** | - | - |
| Interaction (ECw × SA) | 12 | 0.89 ns | 101,170.49 ns | 252.14 ns | 24.88 ns | 3.40 ns |
| Residual 2 | 32 | 2.67 | 433,069.83 | 626.52 | 31.78 | 49.05 |
| CV 1 (%) | 3.83 | 11.59 | 5.69 | 3.36 | 6.37 | |
| CV 2 (%) | 8.85 | 15.03 | 10.96 | 6.73 | 10.69 | |
SV—Source of variation; DF—degree of freedom; CV (%)—coefficient of variation; * significant at 0.05 level of probability; ** significant at 0.01 level of probability; and ns—not significant.