Table 9.
Summary of the analysis of variance for chlorophyll a (Chl a), chlorophyll b (Chl b), total chlorophyll (Chl t), and carotenoids (Car) of sour passion fruit under different levels of ECw and SA at 180 DAT.
| SV | DF | Mean Squares | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chl a | Chl b | Chl t | Car | ||
| Electrical conductivity of water (ECw) | 4 | 42,083.82 ** | 5349.26 ** | 77,411.91 ** | 9076.55 ** |
| Linear regression | 1 | 162,243.95 ** | 20,613.90 ** | 29,858.83 ** | 3507.96 ** |
| Quadratic regression | 1 | 1791.71 ns | 378.81 ns | 3818.19 * | 767.36 ns |
| Residual 1 | 8 | 409.62 | 162.64 | 613.14 | 0.38 |
| Salicylic acid (SA) | 3 | 361.27 ns | 463.24 ns | 1567.08 ns | 64.85 ns |
| Interaction (ECw × SA) | 12 | 419.26 ns | 124.62 ns | 587.54 ns | 0.86 ns |
| Residual 2 | 32 | 263.43 | 36.46 | 261.37 | 0.42 |
| CV 1 (%) | 4.68 | 10.76 | 4.45 | 6.39 | |
| CV 2 (%) | 3.64 | 8.24 | 2.91 | 5.41 | |
SV—Source of variation; DF—degree of freedom; CV (%)—coefficient of variation; * significant at 0.05 level of probability; ** significant at 0.01 of probability; and ns—not significant.