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Explora: Environment
and Resource Low-cost hydroponic for chili production
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Figure 5. Fruit characteristics in the three experimental sets: (A) average fruit weight; (B) yield per plant. Set I - low-cost hydroponics using plastic bottles;
Set II - conventional hydroponics; Set III - soil control. Data are presented as mean ± standard deviation. Different letters indicate statistically significant
differences according to Duncan’s multiple range test (p<0.05).
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Figure 6. Nutritional quality of fruits in the three experimental sets: (A) Vitamin C (ascorbic acid) content and (B) capsaicin content. Set I - low-cost
hydroponics using plastic bottles; Set II - conventional hydroponics; Set III - soil control. Data are presented as mean ± standard deviation. Different letters
indicate statistically significant differences according to Duncan’s multiple range test (p<0.05).
Figure 7. Leaf hydrogen peroxide (H O ) and malondialdehyde contents Figure 8. Superoxide dismutase and catalase activity in mature, fruit-
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in mature, fruit-bearing plants from the three experimental sets: Set bearing plants from the three experimental sets: Set I - low-cost hydroponics
I - low-cost hydroponics using plastic bottles; Set II - conventional
hydroponics; Set III - soil control. Data were recorded after 140 days of using plastic bottles; Set II - conventional hydroponics; Set III - soil control.
cultivation and are presented as mean ± standard deviation. Different Data were recorded after 140 days of cultivation and are presented as mean
letters indicate statistically significant differences according to Duncan’s ± standard deviation. Different letters indicate statistically significant
multiple range test (p<0.05). differences according to Duncan’s multiple range test (p<0.05).
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