Table 4.

Analysis of variance for the effects of the culture medium on the traits of two Pelargonium species at different sampling times

Source of variance	df	Mean square
		Bud sprouting	Plantlet number	Plantlet height	Root number
Medium	2	89.288**	91.103**	36.10**	19.11**
Species	1	85.520**	91.444**	75.84**	74.4ns
Time	2	0.215**	69.309**	88.181**	24.561**
Medium × Species	2	96.756**	91.378**	49.61**	63.171**
Medium × Time	4	22.197**	24.2ns	32.4**	52.3ns
Species × Time	2	07.124ns	46.21**	97.23**	57.2ns
Medium × Species × Time	4	19.160*	80.20**	47.25**	63.54**
Error	36	44.44	20.2	70.0	72.1
CV (%)		60.9	87.15	24.16	31.23

**: Significance at 1% of probability; *: significance at 5% of probability; ns: no significance differences