Table 7.
The analysis of variance for fruit polar diameter (FPD), fruit equatorial diameter (FED), average fruit weight (AFW), number of fruits per plant (NFP), total production per plant (TPP), and pulp volume (PV), at 180 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 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FPD | FED | AFW | NFP | TPP | PV | ||
| Application methods (M) | 2 | 190.39 ** | 583.18 ** | 5576.99 ** | 6.01 ns | 40,933.38 ns | 288.06 ** |
| Ascorbic acid (AsA) | 2 | 133.62 ** | 289.99 ns | 3292.81 ** | 4.57 ns | 207,195.71 ns | 1362 ** |
| Electrical conductivity (ECw) | 1 | 10.17 ns | 189.01 ns | 6.11 ns | 303.41 ** | 7,855,116.07 ** | 46.29 ns |
| Interaction (M × AsA × ECw) | 4 | 17.93 ns | 369.24 ns | 722.61 ns | 35.91 ns | 225,935.91 ns | 71.49 ns |
| Interaction (M × AsA) | 4 | 89.57 ns | 167.07 ns | 871.78 ns | 17.79 ns | 59,213.39 ns | 382.37 ** |
| Interaction (M × ECw) | 2 | 27.66 ns | 284.65 ns | 482.68 ns | 18.37 ns | 238,400.23 ns | 323.97 ns |
| Interaction (AsA × ECw) | 2 | 12.07 ns | 98.75 ns | 939.10 ns | 18.21 ns | 150,123.95 ns | 314.75 ** |
| Blocks | 2 | 23.28 ns | 86.47 ns | 28.55 ns | 0.90 ns | 18,694.25 ns | 188.56 |
| Residual | 34 | 28.07 | 120.27 | 225.01 | 15.69 | 126,741.20 | 54.242 |
| CV (%) | 7.47 | 10.63 | 14.33 | 19.06 | 14.26 | 12.77 | |
ns, ** respectively non-significant and significant at p ≤ 0.01. CV—coefficient of variation, DF—degrees of freedom.