Table 3.
Number of cladodes, green and dry forage biomass production of cactus pear genotypes cultivated in different locations.
| Loca | Cactus pear genotypes (Ge) | P-value | SEMb | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miúda | OEMa | Baiana | Ge | Loc | Ge × Loc | ||
| Number of cladodes (unit.) | |||||||
| 1 (Bsh) | 5.0aC | 4.0aA | 5.3aB | ||||
| 2 (Bsh) | 5.1aC | 5.8aA | 6.0aB | ||||
| 3 (AW) | 13.5aA | 7.0bA | 4.1bB | ||||
| 4 (AW) | 8.5aB | 5.0bA | 2.8bB | <0.001* | <0.001* | <0.001* | 1.10 |
| 5 (Bsh) | 11.6aA | 5.8bA | 4.5bB | ||||
| 6 (Bsh) | 14.5aA | 5.3cA | 8.6bA | ||||
| 7 (AW) | 14.5aA | 6.5bA | 3.5bB | ||||
| Green Forage Biomass (t ha−1 year−1) | |||||||
| 1 (Bsh) | 46.2cC | 103.0bB | 266.9aA | ||||
| 2 (Bsh) | 46.4bC | 159.2aA | 168.2aB | <0.001* | <0.001* | <0.001* | 19.3 |
| 3 (AW) | 134.5aA | 94.3aB | 45.8bD | ||||
| 4 (AW) | 51.3aC | 56.1aC | 30.9aD | ||||
| 5 (Bsh) | 98.8aB | 106.3aB | 56.7aD | ||||
| 6 (Bsh) | 130.0aA | 165.4aA | 111.0aC | ||||
| 7 (AW) | 72.6aB | 73.2aC | 46.4bD | ||||
| Dry Forage Biomass (t ha−1 year−1) | |||||||
| 1 (Bsh) | 5.00cB | 14.18bA | 31.93aA | ||||
| 2 (Bsh) | 4.54bB | 17.63aA | 19.70aB | <0.001* | <0.001* | <0.001* | 0.83 |
| 3 (AW) | 14.46aA | 12.20aA | 4.81bD | ||||
| 4 (AW) | 6.49aB | 7.88aB | 3.58aD | ||||
| 5 (Bsh) | 11.72aA | 11.16aA | 8.02aC | ||||
| 6 (Bsh) | 12.45aA | 15.58aA | 10.08aC | ||||
| 7 (AW) | 2.82aB | 0.94aC | 0.56aD | ||||
aLoc.: Locations; bOEM: Orelha de Elefante Mexicana; bSEM: Standard Error of the Mean; cCV: coefficient of variation (%); Means followed by different lowercase letters in the rows, statistically differ by the Scott-Knott test (p < 0.05); Means followed by different uppercase letters in the columns, statistically differ by the Scott-Knott test (p < 0.05). *Significative at p < 0.05; nsnon-significative at p < 0.05.