Table 5 Summary of the ANOVA and means of fruits and seeds of six cacao clones grown under full sun regarding fruit weight (FW), fruit length (FL), fruit diameter (FD), fresh shell weight (FSW), wet seed weight (WSW), number of seeds per fruit (NSF), and individual dry bean weight (IDBW).

From: Unlocking the potential of cacao yield with full sun cultivation

Sources of variation

df

Mean squares1

FW (g)

FL (cm)

FD (cm)

FSW (g)

WSW (g)

NSF

IDBW (g)

Clone

5

6158

26.32*

12.33*

23,839*

7679*

243.09*

1.33**

Plant/Clone

42

5324

1.66

3.37

4579

835

60.68

0.02

Mean

 

664.28

20.45

15.90

504.84

150.97

39.56

1.52

CV (%)

 

10.98

6.30

11.55

13.40

19.14

19.69

10.44

  

Means

Clones1

 

FW (g)

FL (cm)

FD (cm)

FSW (g)

WSW (g)

NSF

IDBW (g)

CCN 51

 

701.3 a

22.3 a

16.3 a

503.2 b

175.3 a

44.5 a

1.54 b

PH 16

 

656.7 a

18.8 b

16.7 a

484.1 b

166.8 a

42.7 a

1.45 b

PS 1319

 

627.8 a

18.2 b

13.6 b

429.9 b

171.3 a

44.0 a

1.35 b

CCN 10

 

647.7 a

21.1 a

15.3 a

493.0 b

161.9 a

30.0 b

2.31 a

CP 49

 

692.4 a

22.4 a

16.8 a

596.6 a

94.4 c

37.1 a

1.12 c

SJ 02

 

659.6 a

19.7 b

16.5 a

522.0 b

135.9 b

39.0 a

1.40 b

  1. *, **Significant by the F test (p≤ 0.05; p≤ 0.01, respectively)1. Means of clones followed by the same letters, in the columns, do not differ from each other by the Scott-Knott test (p ≤ 0.05).
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