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. 2006 Aug;98(2):351–360. doi: 10.1093/aob/mcl105

Table 2.

Analysis of variance of the effects of treatment (self- versus cross-fertilization, fixed factor) and maternal plant (random factor) for individual populations

LH
WR
IC
Life stage Source d.f. MS F d.f. MS F d.f. MS F
Seeds per fertilized ovule Treatment 1 0·199 2·625 1 3·425 46·421** 1 1·001 5·306*
Maternal plant 12 0·084 1·077 12 0·085 1·102 9 0·203 0·998
Treatment × maternal plant 12 0·078 1·398 12 0·078 1·351 9 0·204 1·888
Rate of germination Treatment 1 0·064 1·469 1 0·000 0·000 1 0·003 0·202
Maternal plant 9 0·023 0·530 9 0·004 0·800 9 0·138 8·738**
Survival to 2 weeks Treatment 1 0·002 1·998 1 0·001 0·362 1 0·013 5·485*
Maternal plant 9 0·002 2·039 9 0·001 0·579 9 0·004 1·854
Survival from 2 weeks to flowering Treatment 1 0·001 1·000 1 0·000 0·015 1 0·045 5·540*
Maternal plant 9 0·001 0·667 9 0·016 0·704 9 0·011 1·405
Above-ground biomass Treatment 1 10·43 4·357 1 18·15 7·924* 1 2·88 1·690
Maternal plant 9 3·06 1·277 9 11·21 4·881* 9 4·06 2·246
Treatment × maternal plant 9 2·39 3·563** 9 2·30 2·817** 9 1·81 2·042*

* P < 0·05, ** P < 0·01.

Lack of replication within maternal plants precludes a test of the treatment × maternal plant interaction for germination and survival variables.