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
3.6ns
448.81**
0.22048**
0.02323*
114.017*
S
3
27.3ns
7.81ns
0.02948ns
0.02320**
2.136ns
LR
1
17.4ns
33.18*
0.05683*
0.00147ns
0.991ns
3
0.9ns
8.97ns
0.01577ns
0.00116ns
0.560ns
1
7.0ns
1.96ns
0.00852ns
0.00197ns
1.569ns
3
4.0ns
7.13ns
0.01720ns
0.00268ns
0.901ns
3
6.6ns
2.75ns
0.00463ns
0.01188ns
0.696ns
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**
0.0361ns
0.022610*
0.8351*
0.0900**
S
3
15.14ns
0.2232ns
0.000239ns
0.0385ns
0.0231**
LR
1
2.25ns
0.1112ns
0.000013ns
0.0343ns
0.0089ns
3
25.11ns
0.1229ns
0.000221ns
0.0239ns
0.0031ns
1
26.99ns
0.0617ns
0.000182ns
0.0645ns
0.0139ns
3
4.64ns
0.0151ns
0.000091ns
0.0711ns
0.0084ns
3
9.45ns
0.4287ns
0.000046ns
0.0213ns
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
0.000074ns
0.05470ns
0.36255**
0.000068ns
0.014310**
S
3
0.000217ns
0.00503ns
0.00437ns
0.000241ns
0.000265ns
LR
1
0.000125ns
0.00365ns
0.00195ns
0.000023ns
0.000054ns
3
0.000737ns
0.02062ns
0.00034ns
0.000126ns
0.000064ns
1
0.001287ns
0.01648ns
0.00103ns
0.000011ns
0.000001ns
3
0.000191ns
0.00820ns
0.00375ns
0.000039ns
0.000217ns
3
0.000060ns
0.00169ns
0.00363ns
0.000161ns
0.000040ns
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; CVexp: 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.