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Table 4 Early fruits yield of pepper under different LED lighting strategies

From: Effects of light-emitting diode supplementary lighting on the winter growth of greenhouse plants in the Yangtze River Delta of China

Lighting strategy

Average fresh weight (g plant−1)

Average dry weight (g plant−1)

Average fruit number

LED-A

LED-A1

32.67 ± 2.00a

4.75 ± 0.38a

9.3 ± 0.7a

LED-A2

26.50 ± 1.68ab

3.79 ± 0.52b

6.0 ± 0.7b

LED-A3

22.98 ± 4.44bc

1.05 ± 0.15d

6.5 ± 0.7b

LED-B

LED-B1

16.15 ± 5.85 cd

1.68 ± 0.50c

6.0 ± 0.7b

LED-B2

14.4 ± 7.10de

1.72 ± 0.20c

5.6 ± 0.7b

LED-B3

8.3 ± 0.4e

0.92 ± 0.08d

6.3 ± 0.7b

Control group

8.1 ± 1.40e

0.79 ± 0.04d

5.7 ± 0.7b

  1. Data are the mean ± SD of each group. Different letters in same column indicate a significant difference at p < 0.05