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

Table 4

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

Variation source	DF	Mean square
		Zn	Fe	Mn	Cu	B
Block	3	262.88	3131.1	6101	0.786	206.4
C	1	623.69**	3896.9*	12106**	0.090^ns	424.4**
S	3	50.35^ns	376.1^ns	162^ns	0.939^ns	46.9^ns
LR	1	59.27^ns	1417.5^ns	7064^ns	0.302^ns	241.8*
C×S	3	231.16**	201.8^ns	1785^ns	0.630^ns	6.4^ns
C×LR	1	186.29*	49.4^ns	365^ns	0.181^ns	5.2^ns
S×LR	3	0.63^ns	295.2^ns	782^ns	0.552^ns	14.2^ns
C×S×LR	3	118.96*	710.1^ns	2660^ns	0.218^ns	2.4^ns
Residue	45	36.67	397.1	1531	0.464	33.5
CVexp %		18.0	21.3	9.0	12.7	10.6

C: clone; S: mini-cuttings size; LR: leaf reduction; CV_exp: experimental coefficient of variation %; **significant at 1%, *significant at 5% probability; micronutrients: Zn, Fe, Mn, Cu, and B.