Table 2.

Probability values from analysis of variance for biomass yield and yield components^† of Miscanthus ×giganteus affected by N rate during 2011–2014 at Urbana, IL, USA.

	PB¶	T-TN†	VTN†	RTN†	TW†	RTD†	RTHT†	RTPN†	VTD†	VTHT†	VTPN†
N rate	0.0004	0.0015	0.1074	0.0003	<0.0001	0.0002	<0.0001	<0.0001	0.0002	<0.0001	<0.0001
Year	0.0016	<0.0001	0.0163	0.0006	<0.0001	<0.0001	0.0074	<0.0001	<0.0001	<0.0001	0.2148
N × Y	0.0204	0.0360	0.6493	0.0539	0.0003	0.0626	<0.0001	0.0133	0.6770	<0.0001	0.1830

¶PB, plant biomass (Mg ha^-1). ^†T-TN, total tiller number (tiller m^-2); VTN, vegetative tiller number (tiller m^-2); RTN, reproductive tiller number (tiller m^-2); TW, tiller weight (g tiller^-1); RTTD, reproductive tiller stem diameter (mm); RTHT, reproductive tiller height (cm); RTPN, reproductive tiller phytomer number; VTD, vegetative tiller diameter (mm); VTHT, vegetative tiller height (cm); VTPN, vegetative tiller phytomer number.