A Comparative Analysis of Morphological Characteristics between Endangered Local Prickly Pear and the Newly Introduced Dactylopius opuntiae-Resistant Species in Eastern Morocco

Table 3

Average values of one-way MANOVA of quantitative pomological traits conducted on the fruit of the Opuntia dillenii, local ecotype, and Opuntia robusta.

Fruit	Opuntia dillenii	Local ecotype	Opuntia robusta	Mean ± SE	Df	F
Length (cm)	4.44^b	6.31^a	4.62^b	5.12 ± 0.27	2	14.6
Width (cm)	2.6^c	4.29^b	5.77^a	4.24 ± 0.15	2	110.64
Ratio weight of peel/fruit	46 NS	45.93 NS	50.25 NS	48.47 ± 4.1	2	0.73
Ratio weight of pulp/fruit	52.82 NS	53.45 NS	49.89 NS	51.29 ± 4.2	2	0.59 NS
Peel thickness (cm)	0.27 NS	0.24 NS	0.3 NS	0.29 ± 0.4	2	2.1 NS
Seeds weight per fruit (g)	1.6^a	0.87^b	1.6^a	1.36 ± 0.87	2	23.45
Fruit weight(g)	16.47^b	56.25^a	82.78^a	51.83 ± 6.4	2	26.69
Peel weight (g)	7.69^c	25.84^b	41.6^a	25.04 ± 3.02	2	31.39
Pulp weight (g)	8.7^b	30.07^ab	41.3^a	26.7 ± 5.58	2	8.7
Length-to-weight ratio	1.67^b	5.3^a	5.2^a	4.06 ± 0.19	2	113.35
Receptacle diameter scar in depth (cm)	0.45^c	0.71^b	1.1^a	0.75 ± 0.62	2	27.31
Depression of receptacle scar (cm)	0.26^b	0.86^a	0.47^b	0.53 ± 0.78	2	15.57

According to the analysis of variance, means (± standard error) followed by the same letters are not significantly different . , , , and NS denotes not significant. (-) No significant difference was found.