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. 2012 May 3;2012:973193. doi: 10.1100/2012/973193

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

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.