After short rain season

Treatment

Fruit weight (g)

Fruit length (cm)

Fruit diameter (cm)

Seed weight (g)

Total seed no/fruit

Germination test

Bagged day

31.73 ± 1.38a

7.05 ± 0.15a

13.53 ± 0.37a

0.90 ± 0.10ab

97.48 ± 9.93a

68.27 ± 3.96a

Bagged night

77.38 ± 2.61b

9.23 ± 0.13b

19.55 ± 0.26b

1.30 ± 0.15bc

181.58 ± 10.36b

79.73 ± 4.23ab

Bagged throughout

31.26 ± 2.03a

6.76 ± 0.22a

13.34 ± 0.21a

0.57 ± 0.15a

80.17 ± 10.51a

65.63 ± 5.24a

Control

95.12 ± 3.07c

10.02 ± 0.16c

20.88 ± 0.31c

1.46 ± 0.19c

196.10 ± 10.50b

90.70 ± 2.94b

F-Value

191.04

90.46

178.88

6.74

32.02

7.61

P-Value

<0.001

<0.001

<0.001

<0.001

<0.001

<0.001

After long rain season

Treatments

Fruit weight (g)

Fruit length (cm)

Fruit diameter (cm)

Seed weight (g)

Total seed no/fruit

Germination test

Bagged day

51.07 ± 2.60a

10.60 ± 0.32ac

18.60 ± 0.59ac

0.83 ± 0.20a

101.70 ± 17.76a

68.80 ± 5.59a

Bagged night

79.27 ± 3.23b

10.07 ± 0.19a

17.90 ± 0.47a

1.03 ± 0.22a

132.66 ± 16.78a

77.73 ± 4.30b

Bagged throughout

38.67 ± 1.77c

8.73 ± 0.27b

15.37 ± 0.59b

0.63 ± 0.13a

99.15 ± 13.07a

57.23 ± 5.18a

Control

114.17 ± 3.24 d

11.40 ± 0.26c

20.27 ± 0.41c

1.20 ± 0.18a

155.21 ± 15.40a

92.93 ± 2.34c

F-Value

145.77

17.620

15.340

1.707

2.85

12.55

P-Value

<0.001

<0.001

<0.001

0.16

0.04

<0.001