Fig. 5

(A) Boxplot displaying average fruit phytoene content (ng/mg fruit dry weight) for the vermicompost (V), sterile vermicompost (SV), and control (C) treatments across the mature green (MG), breaker (BR), and red ripe (RR) developmental stages. (B) Boxplot displaying average fruit phytofluene content (ng/mg fruit dry weight) for the three treatments across the MG, BR, and RR developmental stages. (C) Boxplot displaying average fruit lycopene content (ng/mg fruit dry weight) for the three treatments across the MG, BR, and RR developmental stages. (D) Boxplot displaying average fruit beta-carotene content (ng/mg fruit dry weight) for the three treatments across the MG, BR, and RR developmental stages. (E) Boxplot displaying average fruit lutein content (ng/mg fruit dry weight) for the three treatments across the MG, BR, and RR developmental stages. For these analysis, we had n = 5 replicate plants per treatment and one fruit from each developmental stage for each plant. Letters represent pairwise comparisons of treatment means at each developmental stage.