Bioscience Methods 2026, Vol.17, No.3, 141-152 http://bioscipublisher.com/index.php/bm 148 Table 4 Effect of watering regime on the fruit proximate and mineral compositions of two genotypes of Solanum lycopersicum Proximate/Mineral composition Tomato genotype Watering regime T1 T2 T3 T4 T5 T6 T7 T8 Moisture (%) H1 17.61±0.06d 15.13±0.13b 14.28±0.05a 19.00±0.13e 15.00±0.02b 16.41±0.08c 17.44±0.06d - H3 18.65±0.00cd 15.86±0.05a 18.71±0.04d 16.80±0.22b 18.01±0.01c 15.80±0.22a 18.21±0.03cd - Fat (%) H1 1.06±0.06b 0.87±0.01a 1.12±0.00b 1.02±0.03a 1.14±0.02b 1.13±0.02b 1.07±0.06b - H3 0.83±0.00a 1.12±0.00c 0.99±0.02abc 0.93±0.08ab 0.97±0.01abc 0.84±0.01ab 1.01±0.01bc - Ash (%) H1 5.02±0.00d 3.68±0.01a 4.19±0.06b 3.70±0.01a 5.08±0.04d 3.66±0.01a 4.50±0.01c - H3 4.05±0.00b 3.89±0.03b 3.60±0.10a 4.64±0.00c 4.94±0.02d 3.56±0.01a 4.99±0.02d - Crude fibre (%) H1 5.39±0.02a 5.01±0.00a 7.47±0.12c 5.67±0.12b 7.93±0.08cd 8.31±0.03d 8.01±0.21cd - H3 6.03±0.01a 7.24±0.00c 8.27±0.05e 6.59±0.01b 7.94±0.08d 7.90±0.07d 7.95±0.02d - Crude protein (%) H1 1.12±0.01a 1.10±0.01a 1.68±0.01c 1.99±0.02d 2.06±0.05e 1.34±0.02b 1.74±0.01c - H3 1.05±0.01a 1.26±0.00b 1.83±0.00d 1.85±0.09d 1.54±0.01c 1.53±0.01c 1.45±0.02bc - Carbohydrate (%) H1 69.81±0.10c 74.22±0.16e 71.27±0.02d 68.65±0.28b 68.80±0.11b 69.16±0.12c 67.37±0.23a - H3 69.43±0.01b 70.65±0.03c 66.63±0.20a 69.21±0.19b 66.61±0.05a 70.39±0.13c 66.41±0.08a - Calcium (mg/kg) H1 20.40±0.10d 15.85±0.05a 17.40±0.00b 21.80±0.30e 18.50±0.10c 22.55±0.15e 20.40±0.30d - H3 18.50±0.10c 17.05±0.15b 14.80±0.10a 22.75±0.25d 17.80±0.30bc 16.65±0.15b 17.50±0.30bc - Potassium (mg/kg) H1 35.95±0.45e 30.65±0.05c 27.45±0.35b 27.70±0.20b 31.05±0.35c 25.60±0.20a 32.80±0.30d - H3 28.60±0.10bc 32.30±0.20e 29.30±0.20c 24.45±0.15a 27.65±0.15b 30.60±0.10d 28.35±0.25bc - Magnesium (mg/kg) H1 25.60±0.20c 23.65±0.15b 19.85±0.25a 19.80±0.30a 26.15±0.15c 19.40±0.10a 20.50±0.30a - H3 20.55±0.15b 23.15±0.05d 21.75±0.05c 20.40±0.10b 18.60±0.10a 23.37±0.04d 21.70±0.20c - Iron (mg/kg) H1 1.85±0.01f 1.44±0.00b 1.27±0.00a 2.01±0.00g 1.81±0.00e 1.50±0.00c 1.65±0.00d - H3 1.65±0.00e 1.37±0.00b 1.73±0.01f 1.33±0.00a 1.48±0.00c 1.72±0.00f 1.62±0.00d - Phosphorus (mg/kg) H1 12.20±0.10d 14.04±0.07e 9.57±0.01b 8.92±0.19a 10.67±0.02c 12.18±0.03d 10.94±0.01c - H3 10.67±0.01c 13.16±0.01e 12.30±0.17d 14.17±0.05f 13.13±0.01e 9.11±0.12a 9.58±0.01b - Nitrogen (mg/kg) H1 0.18±0.00a 0.18±0.00a 0.27±0.00c 0.32±0.01d 0.33±0.01d 0.22±0.01b 0.28±0.00c - H3 0.17±0.00a 0.20±0.00ab 0.29±0.00d 0.30±0.02d 0.25±0.00c 0.25±0.01c 0.23±0.00bc - Note: Each value is a mean ±S.E. of 5 replicates. For each value, means with the same letter(s) in superscript on the same row are not significantly different at P ≥ 0.05 (Tukey HSD test). T1: watering twice daily; T2: watering once daily; T3: watering every two days; T4: watering every three days; T5: watering every four days; T6: watering every five days; T7: watering every six days; T8: continuous waterlogging; H1: Hortitom 1 genotype; H3: Hortitom 3 genotype
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