Table 2.
Effects of rainfall manipulation treatment (TE vs. CK), bamboo age (A) and their interactive effects on cellulose, lignin, and the ratio of cellulose:lignin in different organs of moso bamboo plantations across the sampling period, analyzed with two-way analysis of variance.
| Effects | Rainfall treatment (R) | Age (A) | R × A | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| d f | F | p | d f | F | p | d f | F | p | ||
| Cellulose | ||||||||||
| Leaves | 1 | 0.384 | 0.547 | 1 | 8.044 | 0.006 | 1 | 3.853 | 0.051 | |
| Branches | 1 | 1.300 | 0.276 | 1 | 0.353 | 0.710 | 1 | 0.701 | 0.515 | |
| Roots | 1 | 4.637 | 0.052 | 1 | 3.595 | 0.060 | 1 | 6.324 | 0.013 | |
| Lignin | ||||||||||
| Leaves | 1 | 14.824 | 0.002 | 1 | 1.886 | 0.194 | 1 | 0.236 | 0.793 | |
| Branches | 1 | 0.118 | 0.737 | 1 | 0.323 | 0.730 | 1 | 0.223 | 0.803 | |
| Roots | 1 | 7.221 | 0.020 | 1 | 6.982 | 0.010 | 1 | 4.024 | 0.046 | |
| Cellulose:Lignin ratio | ||||||||||
| Leaves | 1 | 8.890 | 0.011 | 1 | 6.247 | 0.014 | 1 | 0.186 | 0.833 | |
| Branches | 1 | 1.148 | 0.305 | 1 | 0.956 | 0.412 | 1 | 0.804 | 0.470 | |
| Roots | 1 | 33.611 | 0.000 | 1 | 20.296 | 0.000 | 1 | 0.902 | 0.432 | |
F and p values are given. The bold value meant significant difference at 0.05 level.