Table 2.

F statistics (with probabilities) for a two‐way ANOVA of the effects of seedling status (Status, S) (i.e. initial, control or resprouting, described in Fig. 6), light conditions (Light, L), and their interaction, on TNC concentrations and pools in cotyledons and roots of the seedlings in 1999

	Status (2)*
	F	P	Light (1)*		S × L (2)*
TNC concentrations
Cotyledon	10·2	<0·001	5·7	0·960	2·3	0·185
Root	1·6	0·224	11·5	0·888	6·1	0·081
TNC pools
Cotyledon	8·4	0·001	2·1	0·588	1·6	0·283
Root	6·8	0·003	3·8	0·125	2·3	0·012
Starch concentrations
Cotyledon	18·7	<0·001	2·2	0·054	2·7	0·015
Root	4·6	0·017	1·8	0·530	2·4	0·003
Starch pools
Cotyledon	11·9	<0·001	11·1	0·058	5·8	0·041
Root	9·2	0·001		0·031		0·001

* Degrees of freedom.