The content of capsanthin at each phase of fruit development and ripening in pepper under different water stresses. Drought stress is applied during the 20 days afterflowering (DAF) when the pepper fruits are in themature-green stage;fruits are harvested every five days from 25 DAF until the fruits are fully red. Different capital letters following the figures in the same column are extremely significantly different
(SAS analysis, at 5%is shown in lowercase letters, and significant differences at 1%are shown in capital letters. Means with the same letter are not significantly different). Figure +SD of 10 independent biological replicates.