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. 2013 Oct 7;8(10):e75555. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0075555

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