Table 1.
The analysis of variance for the effect of the experimental factors on the traits of three olive cultivars, i.e., ‘Zard’, ‘Arbequina’, and ‘Manzanilla’
| Sources of variations | df | Means of squares |
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| Brix | Oil | Leaf protein |
Fruit protein |
Chl.a | Chl.b | Total chl. | Carotenoid | Anthocyanin | Phenol | Superoxide dismutase |
Catalase | Peroxidase | Antioxidant capacity |
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| Replication | 2 | 0.63 ns | 76.98 ns | 0.37** | 0.065** | 0.57** | 0.25 ns | 1.37** | 3.09** | 23.96 ns | 0.71** | 5.35** | 0.001 ns | 0.004 ns | 228.82** |
| Cultivar (A) | 2 | 233.09** | 850.49** | 0.03 ns | 0.014* | 0.24 ns | 0.43* | 0.10 ns | 1.85** | 56.04* | 2.03** | 0.76 ns | 0.004** | 0.074** | 21.56 ns |
| Organic acid (B) | 8 | 2.78 ns | 30.13 ns | 0.03 ns | 0.014** | 0.12 ns | 0.28** | 0.53* | 0.04 ns | 39.39** | 0.25 ns | 11.63** | 0.001** | 0.051** | 47.06** |
| AB | 16 | 2.66 ns | 88.85* | 0.05** | 0.010** | 0.23* | 0.19* | 0.27 ns | 0.21 ns | 35.04** | 0.29* | 2.47** | 0.001 ns | 20.047** | 18.05 ns |
| Error | 52 | 1.71 | 42.55 | 0.02 | 0.004 | 0.10 | 0.10 | 0.23 | 0.19 | 13.33 | 0.13 | 1.04 | 0.000 | 0.00 | 12.91 |
| CV | 10.37 | 14.51 | 14.40 | 14.07 | 28.98 | 26.47 | 21.06 | 23.12 | 25.61 | 18.95 | 41.93 | 38.58 | 30.93 | 5.20 | |
ns: non-significant difference; **: significant difference at the P ≤ 0.01 level; *: significant difference at the P ≤ 0.05 level.