TABLE 5.
Seed starch concentrations and starch content per fruit of wax gourd (Benincasa hispida cv. Tiezhu 2) plants grown under field conditions with no (−Mg), and adequate (+Mg: 90 kg ha–1 MgSO4 ⋅ H2O) Mg in the spring season of 2017*.
| Mg supply | Starch concentration (mg g–1) | Starch content (g fruit–1) |
| − Mg | 32.5 b | 2.14 b |
| + Mg | 43.1 a | 3.55 a |
*Values are means of four independent replicates and 30 seeds were used for each replicate for starch test. Different letters indicate significant differences between means according to one-way ANOVA and Tukey’s HSD test (p ≤ 0.05).