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Table 2 Statistical comparison of the effect six fullerol concentrations on six plant characters and content of four phytomedicines based on mean values of the concentrations

From: Nanobiotechnology can boost crop production and quality: first evidence from increased plant biomass, fruit yield and phytomedicine content in bitter melon (Momordica charantia)

Variables

C0

C1

C2

C3

C4

C5

SEm

CDa

Fruit length (cm)

4.85

4.77

5.82

4.71

5.00

5.43

0.128

0.402

Fruit weight (g)

7.89

8.79

13.40

8.81

9.15

11.16

0.253

0.797

Fruit number

13.00

20.70

17.70

17.00

16.00

19.30

1.413

4.452

Fruit yield (g)

102.63

180.22

234.46

149.78

146.41

217.63

6.624

20.873

Biomass yield (Kg)

0.035

0.040

0.039

0.054

0.046

0.045

0.001

0.004

Plant water content (Kg)

0.226

0.237

0.233

0.281

0.228

0.230

0.007

0.021

Cucurbitacin-B content (mg/g)

0.19

0.16

0.20

0.14

0.33

0.20

0.025

0.080

Lycopene content (mg/g)

0.011

0.007

0.011

0.010

0.012

0.020

0.002

0.006

Charantin content (mg/g)

6.34

7.19

7.59

5.39

6.61

5.96

0.421

1.327

Insulin content (mg/g)

0.22

0.29

0.24

0.36

0.42

0.32

0.041

0.129

  1. C0 denotes control, C1 to C5 denote five fullerol concentrations. acalculated from multiplying SEm value by√2 and t-value of 2.2281 at 5% level of significance.