Table 1.
Results of three-way ANOVA of characteristics of final seedling emergence percentage and emergence rate of six species in relation to water supply and sowing depth
| Dependent variables |
|||
|---|---|---|---|
| Independent variables |
Final emergence percentage |
Emergence rate |
|
| Species (S) | 325·0*** | 535·2*** | |
| Water supply (W) | 31·6*** | 39·7*** | |
| Burial depth (D) | 254·8*** | 342·4*** | |
| S × W | 3·2** | 3·9*** | |
| S × D | 37·9*** | 47·9*** | |
| W × D | 27·4*** | 28·3*** | |
| S × W × D | 2·4*** | 2·6*** | |
There were three levels of water supply (5·0, 7·5, 10·0 mm every 3 d) and eight sand burial depths (0·0, 0·5, 1·0, 1·5, 2·0, 3·0, 4·0, 6·0 cm). Each treatment had five replicates. Figures represent F-values.
**
P < 0·01,
***
P < 0·001.