. 2017 Apr 4;17:70. doi: 10.1186/s12870-017-1021-7

Table 2.

Total monomeric anthocyanin content (TMA) and yield parameters in roots of ethephon-treated carrot plants in trials harvested at a single time-point (21 weeks after sowing)

Trial sowing date	Ethephon (g ha⁻¹)	TMA		Root weight (g)	SSC	DW
Trial sowing date	Ethephon (g ha⁻¹)	mg g⁻¹ FW	mg g⁻¹ DW	Root weight (g)	SSC	DW
19/05/2014	0	1.50 ± 0.33^b	14.73 ± 0.77^b	82.04 ± 3.75^a	14.01 ± 0.88^a	10.21 ± 0.33^a
	120	2.48 ± 0.17^a	28.47 ± 1.28^a	81.16 ± 6.19^a	13.03 ± 0.41^a	9.78 ± 0.26^a
	360	2.25 ± 0.08^a	23.88 ± 2.43^a	82.45 ± 4.57^a	12.95 ± 0.37^a	9.43 ± 0.44^a
18/05/2015	0	1.90 ± 0.09^b	19.30 ± 0.85^b	89.06 ± 5.21^a	13.33 ± 0.08^a	9.86 ± 0.32^a
	360	2.63 ± 0.09^a	29.90 ± 1.23^a	91.37 ± 3.90^a	12.33 ± 0.58^a	9.01 ± 0.16^a
	720	2.60 ± 0.20^a	28.37 ± 2.64^a	88.33 ± 2.14^a	12.48 ± 0.30^a	9.22 ± 0.37^a
25/05/2015	0	1.83 ± 0.22^b	18.30 ± 2.27^b	86.14 ± 2.13^a	13.81 ± 0.25^a	10.02 ± 0.28^a
	360	3.10 ± 0.06^a	34.12 ± 0.65^a	87.22 ± 4.16^a	12.46 ± 0.11^a	9.67 ± 0.23^a
	720	2.95 ± 0.10^a	31.50 ± 1.75^a	84.15 ± 1.75^a	12.41 ± 0.39^a	9.39 ± 0.73^a
29/02/2016	0	2.13 ± 0.19^a	14.58 ± 0.89^b	91.52 ± 3.93^a	15.08 ± 0.81^b	13.72 ± 0.44^b
	360	2.52 ± 0.24^a	21.10 ± 1.98^a	115.42 ± 13.78^a	12.33 ± 0.53^a	11.94 ± 0.09^a
6/03/2016	0	1.90 ± 0.18^b	14.29 ± 1.11^b	81.31 ± 5.84^a	13.68 ± 0.64^b	13.32 ± 0.18^b
	360	2.44 ± 0.19^a	22.36 ± 2.23^a	96.59 ± 15.00^a	11.7 ± 0.52^a	10.92 ± 0.35^a

SSC soluble solids content FW fresh weight, DW dry weight. Different superscript letters (“a” and “b”) indicate statistical significance according to Tukey’s test (p ≤ 0.05). When only two groups existed (trial sowing dates 29/02/2016 and 06/03/2016), t-test was performed to compare means