. 2023 Feb 21;11:e14900. doi: 10.7717/peerj.14900

Table 1. Analysis of variance of melon agronomic traits.

Sources	Week after planting	Block MS	Treatment MS	Error	C.V. (%)
Stem diameter (cm)	1^st week	0.002^ns	0.004^ns	0.002	15.70
	2^nd week	0.007^ns	0.071*	0.006	8.08
	3^rd week	0.826^ns	0.496^ns	0.627	7.16
	4^th week	0.011^ns	0.022**	0.004	6.23
	5^th week	0.045**	0.032**	0.006	8.75
Stem length (cm)	1^st week	4.032^ns	12.829**	1.603	20.93
	2^nd week	319.800**	932.600**	50.600	21.49
	3^rd week	1,649.000**	8,416.000**	181.000	12.52
	4^th week	6,716.000**	12,316.000**	155.000	6.98
	5^th week	9,728.000**	14,504.000**	401.00	8.77
Leaf width (cm)	1^st week	0.622^ns	3.262**	0.765	10.07
	2^nd week	21.632**	27.496**	2.424	8.09
	3^rd week	40.220**	18.710**	2.030	6.01
	4^th week	53.240**	20.870**	1.880	5.49
	5^th week	53.360**	26.830**	2.530	6.43
Leaf length (cm)	1^st week	0.976^ns	3.220**	0.542	10.50
	2^nd week	18.705**	27.285**	2.352	8.57
	3^rd week	27.106**	16.687**	1.631	6.15
	4^th week	29.995**	11.179**	1.872	6.27
	5^th week	29.296**	27.001**	2.207	6.76
Leaf number (cm)	1^st week	0.5208^ns	0.9821**	0.200	12.67
	2^nd week	0.687^ns	8.464**	1.134	9.91
	3^rd week	9.438**	30.554**	2.382	8.06
	4^th week	25.93**	56.82**	2.420	5.50
	5^th week	56.2**	73.23**	3.050	4.91
Days to male flowering (day)	–	0.448^ns	9.853**	1.311	7.18
Days to female flowering (day)	–	1.271^ns	11.750**	2.700	6.01

Note:

ns is not significantly different, *, ** are significantly different at p < 0.05 and 0.01, respectively.