TABLE 2.

Fruit circumference and flesh firmness of wax gourd (Benincasa hispida cv. Tiezhu 2) plants grown without (−Mg) and with Mg supplies (+Mg: 90 kg ha^–1 MgSO₄ ⋅ H₂O) under field conditions in spring season of 2017*.

Mg supply	Fruit circumference (cm)			Flesh firmness (kg cm–2)
	Top	Middle	Bottom	Outer	Middle	Inner
− Mg	56.5 b	54.1 b	61.4 b	2.18 b	0.93 b	0.74 b
+ Mg	60.4 a	58.2 a	61.8 ab	2.71 a	1.28 a	0.84 a

*Values are means of four independent replicates, and each replicate included four samples. Different letters indicate significant differences between means according to one-way ANOVA and Tukey’s HSD test (p ≤ 0.05).