Germplasm characterization and SDS-PAGE analysis of caper (Capparis spinosa L.) from different provenances

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Table 1 Morphological characteristics of different provenances

Provenance	Rate of water content (%)	Single grain weight(g)	Thousand seed weight (g)	Seed length (cm)	Seed width (cm)	Seed thickness(cm)	Diameter(cm)
AKS	5.37 ± 0.006Bb	0.0042 ± 0.001Bb	1.6785 ± 0.058Ee	0.27 ± 0.027Bb	0.22 ± 0.022Bb	0.01 ± 0.012Bb	0.21 ± 0.010Bb
HYW	6.38 ± 0.001Bb	0.003 ± 0.001BCbc	2.2847 ± 0.089Dd	0.23 ± 0.023Cc	0.18 ± 0.021Cc	0.14 ± 0.012Cc	0.18 ± 0.011Cc
HM	10.90 ± 0.016Aa	0.0018 ± 0.001Cc	2.4297 ± 0.216CDcd	0.25 ± 0.022BCbc	0.17 ± 0.020Cc	0.13 ± 0.021CDEcde	0.18 ± 0.010CDcd
TQQ	5.67 ± 0.001Bb	0.0022 ± 0.001Cc	2.7141 ± 0.077Cc	0.24 ± 0.022Cc	0.17 ± 0.024Cc	0.13 ± 0.012DEde	0.17 ± 0.011CDcd
TLF	9.36 ± 0.002Aa	0.0024 ± 0.001Cc	1.4474 ± 0.044Ee	0.24 ± 0.032Cc	0.16 ± 0.037Cc	0.12 ± 0.017Ee	0.16 ± 0.021Dd
TGS	6.37 ± 0.04Bb	0.0024 ± 0.001Cc	2.4304 ± 0.225CDcd	0.25 ± 0.025C	0.17 ± 0.033Cc	0.14 ± 0.013CDcd	0.18 ± 0.013Cc
YKL	6.47 ± 0.006Bb	0.0076 ± 0.003Aa	5.9384 ± 0.259Bb	0.32 ± 0.022Aa	0.25 ± 0.028Aa	0.19 ± 0.014Aa	0.25 ± 0.013Aa
YKG	5.98 ± 0.015Bc	0.0074 ± 0.001Aa	7.1490 ± 0.133Aa	0.31 ± 0.026Aa	0.24 ± 0.030ABab	0.18 ± 0.013Aa	0.24 ± 0.016Aa
Average	7.06 ± 0.018	0.0039±0.003	3.26 ± 1.959	0.27 ± 0.035	0.20 ± 0.037	0.13 ± 0.055	0.20 ± 0.033

Provenance	Sphericity	Surface area (cm²)	Volume (cm³)	Seed vigor (%)	Fruit length (cm)	Fruit width (cm)	Seed colour
AKS	0.78 ± 0.06Aa	0.14 ± 0.014Bb	0.004 ± 0.0006Bb	0.38 ± 0.02Cc	2.74 ± 0.440Bb	1.22 ± 0.138BCbc	Dark brown,brown
HYW	0.76 ± 0.047ABab	0.10 ± 0.013Cc	0.002 ± 0.0004Cc	0.20 ± 0.055Dd	2.30 ± 0.348Cc	1.27 ± 0.215Bb	Dark brown,brown
HM	0.71 ± 0.079BCbc	0.10 ± 0.011Cc	0.002 ± 0.0004Cc	0.27 ± 0.031CDcd	1.88 ± 0.271Dd	1.07 ± 0.142Dd	Dark brown, yellowish-brown
TQQ	0.71 ± 0.059BCbc	0.09 ± 0.012Cc	0.002 ± 0.0004Cc	0.38 ± 0.045Cc	2.07 ± 0.280CDcd	1.12 ± 0.166CDcd	Dark brown, yellowish-brown
TLF	0.69 ± 0.071Cc	0.09 ± 0.022Cc	0.002 ± 0.0007Cc	0.34 ± 0.085CDcd	2.21 ± 0.317CDcd	1.16 ± 0.096BCDbcd	Dark brown, yellowish-brown
TGS	0.73 ± 0.075ABCabc	0.10 ± 0.014Cc	0.002 ± 0.0006Cc	0.59 ± 0.172Bb	2.26 ± 0.423CDcd	1.12 ± 0.141CDcd	Dark brown, yellowish-brown
YKL	0.76 ± 0.053ABab	0.20 ± 0.021Aa	0.01 ± 0.001Aa	0.87 ± 0.064Aa	3.34 ± 0.440Aa	1.48 ± 0.166Aa	Taupe
YKG	0.77 ± 0.053Aa	0.18 ± 0.024Aa	0.01 ± 0.001Aa	0.87 ± 0.031Aa	2.76 ± 0.590Bb	1.28 ± 0.233BCbc	Taupe
Average	0.74 ± 0.035	0.12 ± 0.043	0.003 ± 0.002	0.49 ± 0.263	2.44 ± 0.472	1.22 ± 0.133	None

All data in the table are average ± SD. Uppercase letter indicates significant differences at the p < 0.01 level. Lowercase letters indicates significant differences at the p < 0.05 level

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