Table 3. ANOVA results and means (±SE, n = 5) of the percentages (%) of total biomass allocated to roots, stems, leaves and flowers of the uninfected and infected M. micrantha plants by C. campestris on 90 DAP under 0.2, 1 and 5 mM nitrate fertilization treatments.
Treatments | Roots | Stems | Leaves | Flowers |
0.2 mM nitrate | ||||
Uninfected | 62.55±2.34a | 23.69±1.36b | 10.66±0.74b | 3.10±1.08b |
Infected | 55.93±5.58a | 25.44±1.57b | 17.11±3.18a | 1.53±1.53b |
1 mM nitrate | ||||
Uninfected | 59.47±1.82a | 23.35±1.34b | 11.73±0.84b | 5.44±1.14bc |
Infected | 45.00±2.18b | 35.27±0.82a | 17.25±1.11a | 2.48±1.19b |
5 mM nitrate | ||||
Uninfected | 45.16±1.16b | 29.86±3.24ab | 12.74±0.45b | 12.23±2.92a |
Infected | 42.81±3.85b | 35.87±4.04a | 12.93±1.08ab | 8.38±1.93ac |
Source of variation | F values from ANOVA | |||
Nitrate (N) | 11.58*** | 6.21** | 0.60 ns | 9.14** |
Infection (I) | 9.10** | 11.53** | 10.57** | 3.00 ns |
N × I | 1.88 ns | 2.33 ns | 2.45 ns | 0.17 ns |