Table 2. Three-way analyses of variance for the effect of lemmas, stress time and salinity on seed germination index of Leymus chinensis.
| Independent variable | Germination percentage | Recovery percentage | Total percentage | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| df | MS | F | P | df | MS | F | P | df | MS | F | P | |
| L | 1 | 2,352.0 | 187.3 | *** | 1 | 7,720.1 | 823.8 | *** | 1 | 273.9 | 45.7 | *** |
| T | 2 | 1,194.5 | 95.1 | *** | 2 | 3,888.0 | 414.9 | *** | 2 | 219.4 | 36.6 | *** |
| S | 5 | 9,295.9 | 740.3 | *** | 4 | 1,487.8 | 158.8 | *** | 5 | 1,232.9 | 205.5 | *** |
| L × T | 2 | 49.0 | 3.9 | 0.025 | 2 | 543.3 | 58.0 | *** | 2 | 135.8 | 22.6 | *** |
| L × S | 5 | 17.2 | 1.4 | 0.247 | 4 | 35.6 | 3.8 | 0.008 | 5 | 258.7 | 43.1 | *** |
| T × S | 10 | 106.8 | 8.5 | *** | 8 | 21.4 | 2.3 | *** | 10 | 32.1 | 5.4 | *** |
| L × T × S | 10 | 37.5 | 3.0 | *** | 8 | 120.3 | 12.8 | *** | 10 | 53.0 | 8.8 | *** |
Notes.
- L
- Lemmas
- T
- Temperature
- S
- Salinity
- df
- Degree of freedom
- MS
- Mean Square
- F
- F-ratio
***
Factors are significant at P < 0.001 level.