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Table 3 Means of plant, fruits characteristics and mineral content (g kg −1 dry-weight) in tissues (roots, stems and leaves) of wild Capsicum ecotypes collected in three populations near two biosphere reserves in Mexico

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

 

Plant

Leaf

Dry weight (g)

 

Populations

Height (m)

Coverage (m2)

Beginning of canopy (cm)

Stems diameter (mm)

Area (cm2)

Length (cm)

Average width (cm)

Maximum width (cm)

Leaves

Stems

Roots

 

San Bartolo

1.57 a

2.03 a

31.20 a

12.23 ab

489.25 b

4.36 a

1.08 b

2.09 b

34.29 a

324.75 a

29.32 a

 

Los Gatos

1.23 ab

0.77 a

10.60 b

8.61 b

866.45 a

4.91 a

1.63 a

3.03 a

21.45 a

31.80 b

27.54 a

 

Santiago

0.78 b

0.35 a

10.00 b

17.58 a

777.55 ab

4.89 a

1.49 a

2.64 a

15.31 a

63.47 ab

33.92 a

 
 

Fruits from collected plants*

Four hundred fruits from not collected plants**

 

Number

Average FW (g)

Average DW (g)

Peduncle length (cm)

Length (mm)

Width (mm)

 

Seeds per fruit

DW 100 fruits (g)

Seeds DW 100 fruits (g)

Pulp DW 100 fruits (g)

1000 seeds DW (g)

Pulp/seeds ratio

San Bartolo

8.25 a

0.21 a

0.047 b

2.47 a

7.69 a

7.47 a

 

16.60 a

7.35 a

3.30 a

4.05 a

4.39 a

1.22 a

Los Gatos

10.0 a

0.22 a

0.078 a

2.52 a

6.67 b

7.04 a

 

16.23 a

6.53 b

3.38 a

3.15 c

4.07 ab

0.93 b

Santiago

6.25 a

0.19 a

0.061 ab

2.69 a

8.56 a

7.32 a

 

15.22 a

6.82 b

3.22 a

3.60 b

3.82 b

1.25 a

        

Roots

     
 

Ca

Mg

K

Na

  

Fe

Mn

Cu

Zn

P

San Bartolo

10.81 a

1.53 b

14.58 b

0.25 b

  

0.67 b

0.45 ab

0.035 a

0.048 b

0.69 a

Los Gatos

7.83 b

2.41 a

15.68 ab

0.24 b

  

1.65 a

0.06 a

0.033 a

0.045 b

0.67 a

Santiago

11.83 a

1.62 b

20.48 a

0.49 a

  

0.83 a

0.37 b

0.037 a

0.054 a

0.87 a

      

Stems

    
 

Ca

Mg

K

Na

 

Fe

Mn

Cu

Zn

P

San Bartolo

9.24 a

2.90 b

30.98 b

0.20 1b

 

0.022 b

0.028 ab

0.029 ab

0.058 a

1.65 a

Los Gatos

8.73 a

4.24 a

30.76 b

0.19 b

 

0.041 ab

0.025 b

0.028 b

0.054 b

1.95 a

Santiago

10.98 a

2.93 b

42.85 a

0.36 a

 

0.058 a

0.038 a

0.032 a

0.061 a

2.10 a

      

Leaves

    
 

Ca

Mg

K

Na

 

Fe

Mn

Cu

Zn

P

San Bartolo

14.80 ab

8.77 a

71.14 a

0.77 1

 

0.06 b

0.055 a

0.036 b

0.064 b

2.97 a

Los Gatos

11.57 b

9.09 a

60.37 b

0.31 b

 

0.05 b

0.053 a

0.032 b

0.061 c

2.22 a

Santiago

18.92 a

9.25 a

72.66 a

0.45 ab

 

0.23 a

0.048 a

0.045 a

0.067 a

2.60 a

  1. FW = fresh weight. DW = dry weight. *Each value represents the average of 3 or 10 data set. **Each value represents the average of 100 data set. Means followed by the same letter in each column are not significantly different (Tukey HSD; p = 0.05). For mineral content, each value represents the average of five data.