Table 2.
ANOVA results with acid phosphatase activity in root and hyphal compartments as dependent variable, and phytate addition (P), cultivars (CV), and mycorrhizal treatments (M) as independent variables.
| Independent variable | df | Root compartment |
Hyphal compartment |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| F | P-value | F | P-value | ||
| P | 2 | 3.9 | 0.05 | 14.1 | <0.001 |
| CV | 1 | 11.2 | 0.001 | 13.3 | 0.002 |
| M | 1 | 0.1 | 0.87 | 0.04 | 0.79 |
| P × CV | 2 | 1.7 | 0.23 | 4.7 | 0.04 |
| P × M | 2 | 0.4 | 0.60 | 0.2 | 0.72 |
| CV × M | 1 | 3.4 | 0.10 | 0.5 | 0.47 |
| P × CV × M | 2 | 1.1 | 0.36 | 0.6 | 0.58 |
The non-mycorrhizal control was not included in the analysis.