Baseline study of morphometric traits of wild Capsicum annuum growing near two biosphere reserves in the Peninsula of Baja California for future conservation management

Table 2 ANOVA (mean squares) of plant, fruits characteristics and mineral content in tissues (roots, stems and leaves) of wild Capsicum ecotypes collected in three populations near two biosphere reserves in Mexico

		Plant				Leaf					Dry weight
Source	d.f.	Height	Coverage	Main stem diameter	Beginning of canopy	Area		Length	Average width	Maximum width	Leaves	Stems	Roots
Populations	2	0.782*	3.81 ns	356.2**	728.46**	194418.39**		0.49 ns	0.41**	1.09**	468.83 ns	129237.91**	54.22 ns
Error	12	0.151	1.11	18.9	118.00	31321.11		0.24	0.04	0.10	349.89	29358.98	357.51
CV (%)		32.40	99.93	34.07	62.91	24.88		10.43	15.32	12.32	78.97	122.37	62.47
		Fruits from collected plants				Four hundred fruits from not collected plants
	d.f.	Number	Average FW	Average DW	Peduncle length	Length	Width	Seeds per fruit	DW 100 fruits	Seeds DW 100 fruits	Pulp DW 100 fruits	1000 seeds DW	Pulp/seeds ratio
Populations	2	14.08 ns	0.0009 ns	0.0009**	0.05 ns	3.59**	0.19 ns	2.04 ns	0.69**	0.02 ns	0.81**	0.33**	0.13**
Error	9	10.38	0.002	0.0001	0.06	0.23	0.08	3.90	0.06	0.01	0.03	0.05	0.004
CV (%)		39.46	23.20	19.04	10.28	6.27	4.05	12.33	3.77	5.08	3.93	5.54	5.73
								Roots
	d.f.	Ca	Mg	K		Na		Fe	Mn	Cu	Zn		P
Populations	2	21.60**	1.15**	49.24*		0.10**		1.37 ns	0.001**	0.00002 ns	0.0001**		0.05 ns
Error	12	2.53	0.19	9.53		0.005		0.66	0.0001	0.00001	0.000006		0.03
CV (%)		15.66	23.43	18.24		22.32		77.66	25.30	9.13	5.14		24.47
								Stems
	d.f.	Ca	Mg	K		Na		Fe	Mn	Cu	Zn		P
Populations	2	6.92 ns	2.89**	239.19**		0.044**		0.001*	0.0002**	0.00002**	0.00006**		0.25 ns
Error	12	3.92	0.36	18.43		0.009		0.0003	0.00003	0.000004	0.000005		0.11
CV (%)		20.61	17.95	12.30		36.97		45.62	20.15	6.23	4.01		17.44
								Leaves
	d.f.	Ca	Mg	K		Na		Fe	Mn	Cu	Zn		P
Populations	2	67.84**	0.29 ns	224.40**		0.054**		0.00006 ns	0.0002**	0.00005**	0.69 ns
Error	12	6.28	0.99	24.66		0.71		0.004	0.0001	0.00001	0.000002		0.42
CV (%)		16.59	11.00	7.29		51.96		58.57	24.55	10.85	2.06		25.14

FW = fresh weight. DW = dry weight. d.f. = degree freedom. *Significant probability level p ≤ 0.05; **Significant probability level p ≤ 0.01. ns = not significant. CV = coefficient of variation.

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