Effect of Minicutting Length and Leaf Area Reduction on Growth and Nutritional Status of Eucalypt Propagules

Table 3

Summary of the analysis of variance for the variables analyzed at 90 days.

Variation source	DF	Mean square
		SR	SH	SDM	RDM	SH/SBD
Block	3	3.2	15.01	0.01572	0.00058	9.019
C	1	3.6^ns	448.81**	0.22048**	0.02323*	114.017*
S	3	27.3^ns	7.81^ns	0.02948^ns	0.02320**	2.136^ns
LR	1	17.4^ns	33.18*	0.05683*	0.00147^ns	0.991^ns
C×S	3	0.9^ns	8.97^ns	0.01577^ns	0.00116^ns	0.560^ns
C×LR	1	7.0^ns	1.96^ns	0.00852^ns	0.00197^ns	1.569^ns
S×LR	3	4.0^ns	7.13^ns	0.01720^ns	0.00268^ns	0.901^ns
C×S×LR	3	6.6^ns	2.75^ns	0.00463^ns	0.01188^ns	0.696^ns
Residue	45	21.4	4.92	0.01296	0.00058	0.843
CVexp %		4.9	7.7	10.6	5.4	9.1
		SH/SDM	SDM/RDM	DQI	SBD	N
Block	3	0.78	0.0291	0.000865	1.1889	0.0536
C	1	1067.43**	0.0361^ns	0.022610*	0.8351*	0.0900**
S	3	15.14^ns	0.2232^ns	0.000239^ns	0.0385^ns	0.0231**
LR	1	2.25^ns	0.1112^ns	0.000013^ns	0.0343^ns	0.0089^ns
C×S	3	25.11^ns	0.1229^ns	0.000221^ns	0.0239^ns	0.0031^ns
C×LR	1	26.99^ns	0.0617^ns	0.000182^ns	0.0645^ns	0.0139^ns
S×LR	3	4.64^ns	0.0151^ns	0.000091^ns	0.0711^ns	0.0084^ns
C×S×LR	3	9.45^ns	0.4287^ns	0.000046^ns	0.0213^ns	0.0486**
Residue	45	0.78	0.1531	0.000303	0.0518	0.0170
CVexp %		3.2	15.9	14.0	7.8	10.1
		P	K	Ca	Mg	S
Block	3	0.009672	0.39692	0.03491	0.002336	0.001392
C	1	0.000074^ns	0.05470^ns	0.36255**	0.000068^ns	0.014310**
S	3	0.000217^ns	0.00503^ns	0.00437^ns	0.000241^ns	0.000265^ns
LR	1	0.000125^ns	0.00365^ns	0.00195^ns	0.000023^ns	0.000054^ns
C×S	3	0.000737^ns	0.02062^ns	0.00034^ns	0.000126^ns	0.000064^ns
C×LR	1	0.001287^ns	0.01648^ns	0.00103^ns	0.000011^ns	0.000001^ns
S×LR	3	0.000191^ns	0.00820^ns	0.00375^ns	0.000039^ns	0.000217^ns
C×S×LR	3	0.000060^ns	0.00169^ns	0.00363^ns	0.000161^ns	0.000040^ns
Residue	45	0.000510	0.01869	0.00416	0.000388	0.000398
CVexp %		11.3	12.1	7.6	6.3	14.0

C: clone; S: mini-cuttings size; LR: leaf reduction; CV_exp: experimental coefficient of variation %; **significant at 1%, *significant at 5% probability; SR: survival rate %; SH: shoot height in cm; SDM: shoot dry matter in g/plant; RDM: root dry matter in g/plant; SBD: stem base diameter in mm; DQI: Dickson quality index; macronutrients: N, P, K, Ca, Mg, and S.