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Table 1.

Analysis of variance of micro-morphological leaf characteristics of 30 lines of mulberry and their responsiveness to powdery mildew. Evaluations were made over 3 years (2006–2008) in a field environment at Berhampore, West Bengal, India.

Source	Mean squares
Source	df	DSI^a	AUDPC^b	SI^c	SZ^d	SD^e	CTb^f	CTd^g	LT^h	TDⁱ
Germplasm	29	1529.3**	19878.9	257.2**	9933.5**	23717.9**	1.748*	0.418*	4322.1**	194.11**
Year	2	0.695^ns	910.9^ns	29.0	1215.5^ns	1125.5^ns	0.0161^ns	0.012^ns	8636.5^ns	96.86**
Year×germplasm	58	0.915^ns	178.4^ns	1.67^ns	230.5^ns	65.9^ns	0.0211^ns	0.014^ns	3840.9^ns	2.54^ns

** and * indicate significance at P< 0.01 and P < 0.05, respectively.

^aDisease severity index; ^baccumulative area under disease progression; ^cstomatal index; ^dstomatal density (no. mm⁻²); ^eindividual stomatal size (µm²); ^fabxial and ^gadaxial cuticle thicknesses (µm); ^hleaf thickness (µm); ⁱtrichome density (no. mm⁻²).