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manure. Another findings of Lee and Kader, 2000, shows that, conventional pesticides

increase the nutritional quality of fruits and vegetables.

Table 1: Effect of PRD and PDRD on estimation of Ascorbic acid (mg/100gm) of L.
esculentum plants

Dosage→
Dose 1 Dose 2 Dose 3 Dose 4 Dose 5
Treatments↓
Control 0.105 mg

Profex RD 0.064 mg 0.084 mg 0.045 mg 0.045 mg 0.069 mg

Profex DRD 0.075 mg 0.069 mg 0.075 mg 0.06 mg 0.075 mg

Table 2: Comparison of treatments on Flower converted into fruits of L. esculentum

plants using t- test for independent samples

Comparison of t value for p value

Control and Profex RD-1 8.000 0.0153

Control and Profex RD-2 4.000 0.0572*
Control and Profex RD-3 nd nd

Control and Profex RD-4 nd nd
Control and Profex RD-5 7.000 0.0198

Control and Profex DRD-1 nd nd
Control and Profex DRD-2 7.000 0.0198

Control and Profex DRD-3 nd nd

Control and Profex DRD-4 nd nd
Control and Profex DRD-5 Nd nd

Profex RD-1 and Profex RD-2 2.828 0.0474

Profex RD-1 and Profex RD-3 nd nd
Profex RD-1 and Profex RD-4 4.000 0.0572*

Profex RD-1 and Profex RD-5 0.7071 0.5185*
Profex RD-1 and Profex DRD-1 2.000 0.1835*

Profex RD-1 and Profex DRD-2 0.7071 0.5185*
Profex RD-1 and Profex DRD-3 2.000 0.1835*

Profex RD-1 and Profex DRD-4 4.000 0.0572*

Profex RD-1 and Profex DRD-5 4.000 0.0572*

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