Table 3 ANOVA and mean comparisons of the effect of light treatments on the number and weight of fruits, yield, dry matter content, and fruit quality of tomato.

Control

146.67 ± 3.50^d*

22.03 ± 0.62^c

150.26 ± 5.81^a

5.14 ± 0.21^c

92.4 ± 2.22^d

203.5 ± 3.85^c

Top-lighting

169.86 ± 3.75^c

24.71 ± 0.67^b

146.01 ± 5.01^ab

5.41 ± 0.17^b

136.8 ± 3.21^c

230.1 ± 4.42^b

Intra-canopy lighting

196.94 ± 4.25^b

28.30 ± 0.71^a

143.73 ± 4.31^bc

5.98 ± 0.16^a

177.1 ± 3.25^b

267.2 ± 5.66^a

Top-Intra-lighting

206.67 ± 2.75^a

28.83 ± 0.70^a

139.52 ± 4.01^c

5.99 ± 0.17^a

206.4 ± 4.45^a

235.8 ± 4.89^b

The maximum percentage of increase (or decrease) compared to the control

40.90 ± 3.52

30.87 ± 0.68

− 7.15 ± 4.54

16.54 ± 1.06

123.4 ± 2.26

31.3 ± 1.21

Source of variation

df

Rep

3

3003.59**

35.87**

369.98**

0.024**

732.06 **

3554.39 **

Light

3

35,186.67 **

572.79**

79.02**

0.556**

108,387.78**

28,466.86**

Rep*Light (Experimental Error)

9

169.25^ns

2.25^ns

2.39^ns

0.0025^ns

95.94 **

370.45^ns

Sampling error

144

720.49

7.23

5.16

0.0032

7.25

728.28