Fig 4. Boxplots with whiskers showing the effects of flowering induction practice on the average duration from planting to flowering induction (A) and the effects of flowering induction practice, maturity induction practice and harvesting practice on the average duration from flowering induction to harvesting of the fruits (B) and from planting to harvesting of the fruits (C) in cvs Sugarloaf (Experiments 1 and 2) and Smooth Cayenne (Experiments 3 and 4) and the distribution (maximum, minimum, quartiles, median) of each characteristic.

AFI: Artificially flowering-induced plants; AMI: Artificially maturity-induced plants; NFI: Naturally flowering-induced plants; NMI: Naturally maturity-induced plants; FH: Farmers’ harvesting practice; OH: Optimum harvest. Next to the boxplots, similar small letters within a diagram indicate that differences in the duration between flowering induction practices are not significant based on the ANOVA results (consider P-values in bold in Table 2). Similar capital letters within a diagram indicate that differences in the duration between maturity induction practices are not significant based on the ANOVA results (consider P-values in bold in Table 2). Similar letters in italic within a diagram indicate that differences in the duration between harvesting practices are not significant based on the ANOVA results (consider P-values in bold in Table 2). All means are compared at LSD_0.05 in case of interactions.