Table 4.
Descriptive Statistics of berry weight, fruit bio-chemical characteristic and antioxidant activity in 57 blackberry genotypes assigned to four wild species (mean of 2014 and 2015).
| Traits | Mean | Std. error | Range | Max | Min | Std. dev | Diversity Index* |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weight (g) | 0.825 | 0.023 | 1.218 | 1.360 | 0.141 | 0.249 | 30.27 |
| Antioxidant (%) | 65.02 | 1.22 | 49.28 | 89.15 | 39.87 | 13.05 | 20.07 |
| Anthocyanin (mg/100 g) | 117.67 | 2.17 | 66.37 | 146.18 | 79.81 | 23.18 | 19.70 |
| TSS (°Brix) | 11.748 | 0.228 | 10.667 | 18.333 | 7.667 | 2.440 | 20.77 |
| Phenol (mg/100 g) | 119.88 | 0.545 | 22.00 | 130.33 | 108.33 | 05.82 | 04.86 |
| Titrateable acid (%) | 0.5798 | 0.0109 | 0.4867 | 0.8500 | 0.3633 | 0.118 | 20.48 |
| Ascorbic acid (mg/100 g) | 16.135 | 0.267 | 12.193 | 21.593 | 9.400 | 2.853 | 17.68 |
*Diversity Index = (Std. dev./Mean) × 100, Std. dev. = Std. error × √n, n = 57.