. 2014 Jul 7;5:318. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2014.00318

Table 5.

Mean values for scarlet eggplant complex groups (S. aethiopicum groups Aculeatum, Gilo, Kumba, and Shum, Intermediate between S. aethiopicum and S. anguivi, and S. anguivi) for the fruit descriptors for which significant (P < 0.05) differences have been found among group means.

Descriptors^a	*S. aethiopicum*				Intermediate	*S. anguivi*	Prob. F
	Aculeatum	Gilo	Kumba	Shum
n	5	37	10	2	8	1
Weight (g)^b	28.4^c	32.4^c	166.6^d	3.9^b	4.8^b	1.0^a	<0.0001
Length (cm)^b	2.62^cd	4.03^d	4.21^d	1.43^ab	2.20^bc	1.10^a	<0.0001
Breadth (cm)^b	4.63^c	4.09^c	8.22^d	2.02^b	2.06^b	1.16^a	<0.0001
Perimeter (cm)^b	13.5^c	13.8^c	22.5^d	5.9^ab	6.9^b	4.0^a	<0.0001
Area (cm²)^b	9.7^c	13.1^c	25.2^c	2.5^ab	3.3^b	1.2^a	<0.0001
Width Mid-height (cm)^b	4.59^b	3.96^b	7.41^c	1.97^a	2.00^a	1.24^a	<0.0001
Maximum Width (cm)^b	4.61^b	3.98^b	7.54^c	1.98^a	2.02^a	1.25^a	<0.0001
Height Mid-width (cm)^b	1.86^ab	3.82^c	2.92^bc	1.39^a	2.03^ab	1.15^a	<0.0001
Maximum Height (cm)^b	2.71^cd	4.00^d	4.32^d	1.48^ab	2.07^bc	1.17^a	<0.0001
Fruit Shape Index External I	0.59^a	1.06^b	0.57^a	0.76^ab	1.04^b	0.93^ab	<0.0001
Fruit Shape Index External II	0.41^a	1.03^b	0.40^a	0.73^ab	1.03^b	0.92^ab	<0.0001
Proximal Fruit Blockiness	0.73^b	0.65^ab	0.71^b	0.69^ab	0.62^ab	0.57^a	0.0235
Distal Fruit Blockiness	0.72^b	0.65^ab	0.57^a	0.64^ab	0.60^a	0.64^ab	0.0035
Fruit Shape Triangle	1.01^ab	1.01^ab	1.33^b	1.07^ab	1.10^ab	0.90^a	0.0001
Ellipsoid^b	0.09^a	0.04^a	0.18^b	0.04^a	0.04^a	0.02^a	<0.0001
Circular^b	0.29^b	0.10^a	0.25^b	0.10^a	0.08^a	0.02^a	<0.0001
Rectangular	0.57^b	0.51^ab	0.54^ab	0.50^ab	0.48^a	0.50^ab	0.0007
Shoulder Height^b	0.11^b	0.02^a	0.08^b	0.02^a	0.01^a	0.00^a	<0.0001
Obovoid	0.05^ab	0.08^ab	0.03^a	0.03^a	0.07^ab	0.13^b	0.0073
Ovoid	0.08^ab	0.06^ab	0.16^b	0.10^ab	0.08^ab	0.01^a	<0.0001
Width Widest Pos	0.47^ab	0.50^b	0.43^a	0.46^ab	0.49^ab	0.49^b	<0.0001
Eccentricity	0.55^a	0.75^b	0.55^a	0.76^b	0.78^b	0.78^b	<0.0001
Fruit Shape Index Internal	0.41^a	1.02^b	0.41^a	0.72^ab	1.03^b	0.92^b	<0.0001
Eccentricity Area Index	0.56^b	0.41^a	0.54^b	0.42^a	0.39^a	0.39^a	<0.0001

Means within rows separated by different letters are significantly different at P < 0.05, according to the Student-Newman-Keuls test.

In order to avoid scaling effects caused by accession means being proportional to standard deviations, ANOVAs were performed on log transformed data.