Treatments

NHP

NFR

NGFR

NYFR

NFR/ NHP

LFR  (mm)

WFR (mm)

FRY  (kg/ha)

Absolute control

14.93±2.41a

73.87±46.83a

7.53±3.50a

66.33±44.10a

3.91±1.16a

30.78±1.95a

15.39±0.85a

286.11±176.00a

NPK

27.93±2.50b

276.50±48.48b

17.14±3.63a

259.36±45.65b

9.03±1.20b

38.51±2.20b

17.51±0.88a

958.33±182.18b

Compost

22.27±2.41ab

231.67±46.83ab

20.33±3.50a

191.33±44.10ab

8.36±1.16ab

36.68±1.95ab

17.06±0.85a

926.33±176.00ab

Compost+NPK

19.60±2.41ab

161.93±46.83ab

13.87±3.50a

147.93±44.10ab

6.36±1.16ab

36.88±1.95ab

16.87±0.85a

659.00±176.00ab

P Significance

0.005 TS

0.022 S

0.076 NS

0.028 S

0.014 S

0.041 S

0.345 NS

0.035 S

Absolute control: controls without any fertilizers; NPK: 200 kg/ha; Compost: 16 t/ha; Compost+NPK: 8 t/ha +100 kg/ha; NHP: Number of harvested plants; NFR: Number of fruits at harvested; NGFR: Number of green fruits at harvested; NYFR: Number of yellow fruits at harvested; LFR: length of fruit; WFR: width of fruit; FRY: Fruit yields. P = probability according to ANOVA at 5% significance level. Means ± standard errors of the same column with the same letter do not differ significantly according to the Tukey HSD test. P < 0.05: significant (S); P ≤ 0.01: very significant (TS); P ≥ 0.05: not significant.