Table 5.
The amount of different vegetable waste (VW) contributing to VW biomass.1
| Item | Summer |
Rainy |
Winter |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| t/d | % VW | t/d | % VW | t/d | % VW | |
| Bean | – | – | – | – | 2.14 ± 0.53 | 5.50 ± 0.58 |
| Bitter gourd | 4.00 ± 0.99 | 7.75 ± 1.26 | 3.23 ± 1.42 | 9.53 ± 1.33 | – | – |
| Brinjal | 4.47 ± 1.04 | 8.58 ± 0.68 | 2.33 ± 1.24 | 5.33 ± 1.58 | 2.72 ± 0.66 | 7.00 ± 0.82 |
| Cabbage | – | – | – | – | 5.33 ± 0.96 | 13.78 ± 0.52 |
| Carrot | 2.30 ± 0.31 | 4.50 ± 0.58 | – | – | 1.64 ± 0.56 | 4.18 ± 0.89 |
| Cucumber | 4.58 ± 0.81 | 8.88 ± 0.63 | 4.79 ± 2.07 | 13.83 ± 1.59 | 2.95 ± 0.44 | 7.70 ± 0.87 |
| Cauliflower | – | – | – | – | 4.40 ± 1.04 | 11.35 ± 1.85 |
| Ladies finger | 3.03 ± 0.99 | 5.75 ± 0.96 | 2.71 ± 1.31 | 7.10 ± 0.66 | – | – |
| Radish | – | – | – | – | 2.82 ± 0.84 | 7.25 ± 1.71 |
| Snake gourd | 4.09 ± 1.28 | 7.75 ± 0.96 | 5.27 ± 2.35 | 15.05 ± 1.46 | – | – |
| Spotted gourd | 4.29 ± 1.29 | 8.13 ± 1.03 | 5.66 ± 2.77 | 15.03 ± 0.82 | – | – |
| Sweet gourd | 2.47 ± 0.62 | 4.75 ± 0.50 | 0.77 ± 0.70 | 1.43 ± 1.34 | 1.05 ± 0.21 | 2.75 ± 0.50 |
| Tomato | 3.70 ± 0.59 | 7.25 ± 1.26 | – | – | 2.72 ± 0.66 | 7.00 ± 0.82 |
| Others | 19.13 ± 3.95 | 36.68 ± 0.93 | 12.19 ± 5.73 | 32.73 ± 0.98 | 12.76 ± 0.84 | 33.50 ± 3.92 |
| Total | 52.05 | 100 | 36.95 | 100 | 38.53 | 100 |
SD = standard deviation.
1
Data are presented as means ± SD.