Table 4.
The analysis of variance for relative water content (RWC), electrolyte leakage (EL), chlorophyll a (Chl a), chlorophyll b (Chl b), total chlorophyll (Chl t), and carotenoids (Car) at 150 days after transplanting, of sour passion fruit grown under irrigation with water of different levels of electrical conductivity, application methods, and concentrations of ascorbic acid.
| Source of Variation | DF | Mean Squares | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RWC | EL | Chl a | Chl b | Chl t | Car | ||
| Application methods (M) | 2 | 1.99 ns | 34.67 ns | 26,737.19 ns | 31,952.81 ** | 90,892.32 ns | 791.90 ns |
| Ascorbic acid (AsA) | 2 | 0.75 ns | 12.72 ns | 5039.03 ** | 54,984.37 ** | 77,516.81 ns | 423.37 ns |
| Electrical conductivity (ECw) | 1 | 7.05 ns | 2904.00 ** | 65,022.94 ** | 2331.82 ns | 42,727.78 ** | 245.37 ** |
| Interaction (M × AsA × ECw) | 4 | 3.29 ns | 31.69 ns | 15,780.78 ns | 18,571.82 ns | 31,527.80 ns | 538.27 ns |
| Interaction (M × AsA) | 4 | 13.61 ns | 27.64 ns | 13,309.78 ns | 21,702.56 ns | 19,106.71 ns | 2565.72 ns |
| Interaction (M × ECw) | 2 | 35.77 ns | 20.22 ns | 5038.72 ns | 1607.52 ns | 2205.72 ns | 452.72 ns |
| Interaction (AsA × ECw) | 2 | 339.09 ** | 15.05 ns | 87,585.05 ns | 1268.05 ns | 29,568.05 ns | 421.05 ns |
| Blocks | 2 | 26.70 ns | 44.05 ns | 481.17 ns | 217.35 ns | 284.74 ns | 38.27 ns |
| Residual | 34 | 15.11 | 51.25 | 856.39 | 1432.39 | 2910.96 | 27.65 |
| CV (%) | 4.68 | 15.75 | 12.67 | 18.32 | 12.33 | 10.51 | |
ns, ** respectively non-significant and significant at p ≤ 0.01. CV—coefficient of variation, DF—degrees of freedom.