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. 2019 Sep 14;9:147. doi: 10.1186/s13568-019-0871-9

Table 4.

Flower and fruit drops (%) and fruit physical characteristics as affected by different antibiotic treatments

Treatments Flower drop (%) June drop (%) Pre-harvest drop (%) Av. fruit weight (g) Av. juice content (%) Yield (ton/ha)
Ampicillin sodium + Rifampicin 73.70 c 9.68 b 2.14 c 149.87 a 44.62 a 19.71 a
Cefalexin + Rifampicin 77.25 b 10.19 ab 2.46 bc 133.80 b 38.44 b 15.11 b
Ampicillin sodium + Cefalexin 79.35 b 8.39 b 3.25 b 142.87 ab 38.62 b 16.82 ab
Ampicillin sodium + Cefalexin + Rifampicin 74.73 c 10.07 b 2.84 bc 138.60 ab 39.69 b 14.82 b
Control (distilled water) 83.41 a 12.02 a 4.35 a 117.13 c 33.12 c 3.63 c

Means within a column with different letters are significantly different at P ≤ 0.05