Table 3.
Effect of maize variety and maize form on carotenoid content
| Source of variation | Zeaxanthin | β-cryptoxanthin | Total β-carotene | Total provitamin A carotenoids | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| F | df | p valuea | F | df | P valuea | F | df | p valuea | F | df | p valuea | |
| Maize variety | 134.591 | 3 | 0.000 | 200.721 | 3 | 0.000 | 126.771 | 3 | 0.000 | 157.285 | 3 | 0.000 |
| Maize form | 32.239 | 5 | 0.000 | 49.876 | 5 | 0.000 | 21.220 | 5 | 0.000 | 30.724 | 5 | 0.000 |
| Maize variety and maize form | 6.939 | 10 | 0.000 | 5.359 | 10 | 0.001 | 3.293 | 10 | 0.012 | 4.139 | 10 | 0.004 |
aUnivariate analysis of variance, p is significant at <0.005