Table 4.
Proximate analysis of 15 different vegetables grown under MSW treatments in the year 2018 under the effects of soil amendments (n = 4 ×15 × 3)
| Moisture (%) |
Ash (%) |
Fiber (%) |
Fat (%) |
Protein (%) |
DM (%) |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Treatments | ||||||
| T0 | 91.41±0.51B | 4.76±0.157D | 6.220±0.370A | 0.658±0.020A | 6.853±0.546B | 8.595±0.510C |
| T1 | 87.67±0.52D | 5.43±0.156C | 5.602±0.352B | 0.639±0.021B | 6.990±0.483A | 12.328±0.520A |
| T2 | 88.74±0.53C | 6.04±0.149B | 4.376±0.332C | 0.503±0.020C | 5.240±0.463C | 11.263±0.530B |
| T3 | 93.03±0.38A | 6.92±0.144A | 3.622±0.320D | 0.407±0.020D | 4.314±0.469D | 6.972±0.382D |
| Vegetables | ||||||
| L. siceraria | 92.60±0.56B | 7.00±0.227A | 5.848±0.408C | 0.76±0.040B | 4.766±0.721F | 7.398±0.562F |
| C. vulgaris | 92.72±0.54B | 6.53±0.250B | 5.239±0.426DE | 0.69±0.028C | 4.816±0.362F | 7.278±0.539F |
| M. charantia | 90.27±0.75E | 5.69±0.267D | 4.188±0.433F | 0.69±0.028C | 3.969±0.500G | 9.730±0.752C |
| C. sativus | 94.47±0.62A | 3.16±0.314G | 1.589±0.195I | 0.32±0.026H | 1.660±0.165I | 5.527±0.624G |
| C. pepo | 91.45±0.71C | 6.16±0.265C | 1.589±0.195I | 0.54±0.027EF | 3.790±0.353G | 8.551±0.709E |
| L. acutangula | 92.31±0.67B | 6.13±0.327C | 5.234±0.410DE | 0.59±0.022E | 4.688±0.297F | 7.687±0.672F |
| C. annum | 83.63±0.95G | 5.95±0.211CD | 5.104±0.252E | 0.53±0.037F | 2.221±0.160H | 16.371±0.947A |
| S. melongena | 90.57±0.41DE | 6.54±0.254B | 3.034±0.186H | 0.86±0.022A | 5.606±0.407E | 9.430±0.412CD |
| L. esculentum | 91.52±0.64C | 5.69±0.207D | 1.582±0.254I | 0.46±0.027G | 9.631±0.413C | 8.476±0.637E |
| A. esculentus | 83.59±0.81G | 6.60±0.225B | 9.399±0.390B | 0.67±0.030CD | 10.576±0.513B | 16.409±0.815A |
| S. tuberosum | 85.66±0.86F | 7.14±0.211A | 9.399±0.390B | 0.67±0.030CD | 10.426±0.308B | 14.343±0.859B |
| A. cepa | 91.44±0.76C | 4.90±0.210F | 3.744±0.249G | 0.67±0.030CD | 2.126±0.218H | 8.558±0.756E |
| M. arvensis | 91.52±0.47C | 5.28±0.245E | 5.150±0.292DE | 0.67±0.030CD | 7.948±0.309D | 8.477±0.471E |
| C. sativum | 90.83±0.71D | 5.28±0.245E | 5.150±0.292DE | 0.67±0.030CD | 4.004±0.270G | 9.172±0.708D |
| S. oleracea | 90.57±0.43DE | 5.26±0.251E | 5.150±0.292DE | 0.64±0.024D | 11.513±0.401A | 9.433±0.434CD |
Means ± standard errors sharing different letters in a column are statistically significant at p < 0.05 with the Tukey test. T0: control; T1: 75% clean soil and 25% MSW; T2: 50% clean soil and 50% MSW; and T3: 25% clean soil and 75% MSW