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Table 3 Proximate compositions of both the leaf lettuce and Japanese hogfennel affected by the varying rates of organic amendments

From: Yield, functional properties and nutritional compositions of leafy vegetables with dehydrated food waste and spent coffee grounds

Crops

Treatments

Moisture content

Crude ash

Crude fat

Crude protein

(%)

Leaf lettuce

Control

78.36 ± 1.01D

0.09 ± 0.02F

0.20 ± 0.04D

11.99 ± 1.02E

N

85.99 ± 2.93A

0.11 ± 0.05D

0.30 ± 0.02B

17.47 ± 1.45C

SCGs0.5

68.32 ± 1.16E

0.10 ± 0.01E

0.40 ± 0.07A

6.01 ± 0.98G

SCGs1.0

46.06 ± 1.23G

0.20 ± 0.06B

0.41 ± 0.03A

7.60 ± 1.33F

SCGs2.0

29.64 ± 0.56H

0.10 ± 0.09E

0.40 ± 0.04A

5.89 ± 0.73H

DFWP0.5

82.34 ± 4.66C

0.14 ± 0.02C

0.30 ± 0.01B

21.15 ± 0.92B

DFWP1.0

82.97 ± 3.14B

0.40 ± 0.01A

0.25 ± 0.06C

23.80 ± 1.12A

DFWP2.0

50.88 ± 2.18F

0.11 ± 0.04D

0.30 ± 0.03B

17.36 ± 0.56D

p-value

*

**

***

*

Japanese hogfennel

Control

7.75 ± 1.32h

0.65 ± 0.10d

0.25 ± 0.01d

10.20 ± 1.51h

N

21.09 ± 1.55e

0.75 ± 0.06b

0.35 ± 0.12c

11.10 ± 2.21g

SCGs0.5

19.58 ± 1.44g

0.75 ± 0.11b

0.37 ± 0.08c

12.00 ± 1.37f

SCGs1.0

20.66 ± 1.67f

0.75 ± 0.16b

0.25 ± 0.03d

14.20 ± 1.21e

SCGs2.0

42.44 ± 1.42a

0.75 ± 0.18b

0.35 ± 0.10c

15.40 ± 2.12d

DFWP0.5

31.93 ± 1.13c

0.70 ± 0.22c

0.75 ± 0.21a

17.30 ± 1.41c

DFWP1.0

36.37 ± 1.43b

0.80 ± 0.24a

0.45 ± 0.13b

31.00 ± 3.11a

DFWP2.0

28.75 ± 1.02d

0.70 ± 0.15c

0.75 ± 0.23a

29.60 ± 1.21b

p-value

**

***

*

**

  1. Control, Untreated treatment; N, Treatment with inorganic fertilizers; SCGsx.x, Treatment applied at half the recommeded rate (0.5), the recommeded rate (1.0), and double the recommeded rate (2.0) of spent coffee grounds; DFWPx.x, Treatment applied at half the recommeded rate (0.5), the recommeded rate (1.0), and double the recommeded rate (2.0) of dehydrated food waste powder. Within each column, values follwed by the same letters are not significant difference at p < 0.05
  2. *, **, and *** are used to indicate statistically significant differences at the p < 0.05, p < 0.01, and p < 0.001, respectively