Study on the Biological Effects of Oligochitosan Fractions, Prepared by Synergistic Degradation Method, on Capsicum

Table 3

Effect of irradiated chitosan fractions on the rate of disease outbreak and yield of fruit in capsicum.

Fractions	Rate of disease outbreak fruit (%)	Fruit weight (g/fruit)	Individual yield (g/plant)	Theoretical yield
				kg/1000 m^2	Gain percentage (%)
Control	76.4^c	0.64^c	882.45^c	1411.9^c	0
F1	38.0^b	0.68^c	898.03^c	1436.9^c	1.8
F2	11.6^a	0.95^a	982.90^a	1572.6^a	11.4
F3	9.2^a	0.89^b	961.74^a	1538.8^a	9.0
F4	43.6^b	0.86^b	921.38^b	1474.2^b	4.4
F5	70.8^c	0.68^c	917.53^b	1468.1^b	4.0

The mean values followed by the same letter within a column are not statistically different according to Duncan’s multiple range test at .