Table 2. Two-way analysis of variance of the bacterial population, pH and EC as affected by carrier and time after inoculation.

Variable	S2-4a1			R2-3b1
	Bacterial population	pH	EC	Bacterial population	pH	EC
F
Carriers	3.800	338.89	667.69	4.900	160.97	3493
Time	22.760	2.600	0.520	6.880	3.540	5.690
Carriers × Time	3.510	3.630	2.560	1.390	1.180	5.240
P
Carriers	0.017*	0.000***	0.000***	0.005**	0.000***	0.000***
Time	0.000***	0.051ns	0.725ns	0.000***	0.015**	0.001**
Carriers × Time	0.001**	0.001**	0.013*	0.211ns	0.327ns	0.000***

Notes.

*, ** and *** show statistical significances at P < 0.05, 0.01, and 0,001, respectively.