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. 2015 Feb 6;5(1):20140053. doi: 10.1098/rsfs.2014.0053

Table 2.

Median length of filaments (minimum–maximum) into which plant secretion was pulled off during force measurements on different surfaces at various conditions, and statistical differences in filament length between secretion droplets pulled off from normal and silanized glass (Mann–Whitney rank-sum analysis).

condition length of filaments (µm) on
statistical differences
normal glass silanized glass T-statistics p-value
in air 2493.4 (864.2–3932.1) 2125.8 (646.7–3897.3) 452.5 0.256 non-significant
in water 1081.3 (103.1–3676.2) 2478.4 (1275.4–3897.4) 322.0 0.018 significant
in water after 24 h 1155.3 (285.4–3357.7) 2740.9 (576.4–3632.4) 329.5 0.030 significant