Table 5.
Chemical composition of cactus pear genotypes cultivated at different locations, unfolded means.
| Loca | Cactus pear genotypes (Ge) | P-value | SEMb | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miúda | OEMa | Baiana | Ge | Loc | Ge × Loc | ||
| Dry Matter (DM) g kg−1 | |||||||
| 1 (Bsh) | 99.7bB | 126.5aA | 109.3bA | ||||
| 3 (AW) | 99.6bB | 119.3aA | 97.6bA | ||||
| 4 (AW) | 116.2bA | 139.8aA | 100.8bA | <0.001* | <0.001* | 0.03* | 2.7 |
| 5 (Bsh) | 108.5aA | 99.9aB | 100.8aA | ||||
| 7 (AW) | 113.7aA | 119.6aA | 111.3aA | ||||
| Crude Protein (CP) g kg−1 DM | |||||||
| 1 (Bsh) | 66.1bB | 73.5aB | 75.5aB | ||||
| 3 (AW) | 92.3aA | 94.9aA | 88.4bA | <0.001* | <0.001* | 0.001* | 0.8 |
| 4 (AW) | 59.5aC | 62.8aC | 63.5aC | ||||
| 5 (Bsh) | 66.2bB | 73.1aB | 72.3aB | ||||
| 7 (AW) | 92.4aA | 93.9aA | 89.1aA | ||||
| Ether Extract (EE) g kg−1 DM | |||||||
| 1 (Bsh) | 4.1bC | 15.0aA | 14.0aA | ||||
| 3 (AW) | 14.0aA | 13.9aA | 12.9aA | ||||
| 4 (AW) | 13.8aA | 12.1aA | 11.9aA | ||||
| 5 (Bsh) | 10.5aB | 12.6aA | 10.1aA | <0.001 | <0.001* | <0.001* | 0.5 |
| 7 (AW) | 9.6bB | 13.2aA | 5.7cB | ||||
| Total Carbohydrates (TCHO) g kg−1 DM | |||||||
| 1 (Bsh) | 786.8aA | 796.9aA | 764.9bA | ||||
| 3 (AW) | 733.3aC | 727.3aC | 739.8aA | ||||
| 4 (AW) | 788.6aA | 788.0aA | 769.7aA | 0.447ns | <0.001* | <0.001* | 4.0 |
| 5 (Bsh) | 765.6aB | 759.7aB | 775.0aB | ||||
| 7 (AW) | 764.5aB | 774.1aA | 769.3aA | ||||
aLoc.: Locations; bOEM: Orelha de Elefante Mexicana; cSEM: 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.