. 2012 Sep 5;7(9):e44221. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0044221

Table 2. F-values of two-way ANOVA which was used to test for the effects of contrast level of water availability (C), severance of stolon connection between the ramets (S) and their interaction (C*S) on the growth parameters and levels of stress indicators in supporting and dependent ramets.

Characters	Supporting ramets			Dependent ramets
	C	S	C*S	C	S	C*S
Biomass	16.045^**	54.316^**	4.567^*	572.274^**	105.448^**	127.356^**
No. of ramets	1.511^ns	203.106^**	8.487^**	169.511^**	0.849^ns	29.545^**
Leaf area	6.682^**	12.035^**	1.281^ns	119.755^**	23.016^**	16.985^**
No. of leaves	4.196^*	63.412^**	7.467^**	43.832^**	4.037^*	10.924^**
Proline	0.299^ns	0.054^ns	2.072^ns	276.829^**	557.667^**	231.767^**
MDA	2.538^ns	0.938^ns	1.436^ns	80.027^**	179.396^**	67.987^**
H₂O₂	0.388^ns	0.275^ns	1.321^ns	50.712^**	32.914^**	12.723^**
Protein	0.600^ns	0.891^ns	0.679^ns	17.631^**	20.605^**	15.253^**
POD	0.031^ns	1.039^ns	2.422^ns	87.597^**	212.281^**	56.125^**
SOD	0.989^ns	1.717^ns	2.347^ns	178.863^**	219.330^**	106.120^**
APX	1.577^ns	2.211^ns	3.024^ns	122.231^**	89.227^**	84.107^**
CAT	1.099^ns	0.370^ns	1.332^ns	353.226^**	815.577^**	308.031^**

For the supporting part, df (degrees of freedom) C, df S and df C*S are (2, 90), (1, 90), (2, 90), respectively. Because ramets of the severed dependent part died in high contrast, this treatment was not included in the ANOVA analysis for the dependent part. So df C, df S and df C*S are (2, 82), (1, 82), (2, 82), respectively. Significance level: ns P>0.05, *P<0.05, **P<0.01.