Table 3.
Effects of municipal solid waste compost (MSWC) into soil (S) with or without fertigation on fruit firmness (N) and fruit color (L, a, and b values) in greenhouse pepper crop.
| Fruit firmness | Fruit color | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| L | a | b | |||
| No fertilizer | S : MSWC (100 : 0) | 4.40 aY | 33.69 b | −10.81 ab | 14.37 b |
| S : MSWC (95 : 5) | 3.46 b | 33.55 b | −10.52 a | 13.28 b | |
| S : MSWC (90 : 10) | 4.33 ab | 35.40 a | −12.65 c | 17.36 a | |
| S : MSWC (80 : 20) | 4.26 a | 35.16 a | −11.34 b | 15.02 b | |
| S : MSWC (60 : 40) | 3.96 ab | 36.28 a | −11.48 bc | 16.10 ab | |
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| With fertilizer | S : MSWC (100 : 0) | 4.40 a | 34.16 b | −10.57 b | 13.62 ab |
| S : MSWC (95 : 5) | 3.41 a | 33.59 b | −8.84 a | 10.93 c | |
| S : MSWC (90 : 10) | 3.15 a | 34.98 ab | −11.76 c | 15.61 a | |
| S : MSWC (80 : 20) | 3.73 a | 34.24 b | −9.50 ab | 12.10 b | |
| S : MSWC (60 : 40) | 3.23 a | 36.35 a | −12.43 c | 16.94 a | |
YValues (n = 9) in columns followed by the same letter are not significantly different. P ≤ 0.05.