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. 2016 Apr 4;82(8):2336–2346. doi: 10.1128/AEM.04131-15

TABLE 6.

Effect of secondary metabolite type (gossypol and cucurbitacin B), concentration, and length of exposure on Buchnera titers in aphids from populations maintained on cotton or cucumber and fed artificial dietsa

Effect Aphids maintained on cotton
Aphids maintained on cucumber
df Mean square F P df Mean square F P
Plant secondary metabolite (A) 1 0.00003993 11.11 0.0015 1 0.00031426 16.55 0.0001
Concn (B) 3 0.00000685 1.91 0.1382 3 0.00001200 0.63 0.5970
Length of exposure (C) 2 0.00002256 6.27 0.0034 2 0.00003630 1.91 0.1561
A × B 3 0.00001153 3.21 0.0293 3 0.00013989 7.37 0.0003
A × C 2 0.00000071 0.20 0.8221 2 0.00000133 0.07 0.9326
B × C 6 0.00000501 1.39 0.2317 6 0.00002258 1.19 0.3234
A × B × C 6 0.00000105 0.29 0.9388 6 0.00001214 0.64 0.6982
a

Determined by three-way ANOVA.