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. 2018 Feb 20;9:202. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2018.00202

Table 1.

Results of statistical tests examining the effects of CO2, temperature (Temp), aphid presence and Si supplementation (Si) on plant growth, root nodulation, and foliar Si concentrations.

Plant response Model fixed effect Dry mass1
Root nodules
Si concentration1
F1,304 P RD1,304 P F1,94 P
CO2 51.86 <0.001 409.15 <0.001 1.32 0.25
Temp 10.28 <0.001 384.58 <0.001 0.37 0.54
Aphids 7.36 0.01 384.57 0.90 1.17 0.28
Si 150.55 <0.001 352.27 <0.001 15.22 <0.001
CO2 × Temp 3.19 0.07 351.81 0.50 2.09 0.15
CO2 × Aphids 0.11 0.74 349.06 0.10 0.01 0.99
Temp × Aphids 0.63 0.43 345.60 0.06 1.03 0.31
CO2 × Si 4.06 0.04 344.47 0.29 0.07 0.80
Temp × Si 2.00 0.16 336.69 0.01 0.01 0.92
Aphids × Si 1.83 0.18 336.66 0.86 0.15 0.70
CO2 × Temp × Aphids 1.07 0.30 335.82 0.36 0.42 0.52
CO2 × Temp × Si 8.70 <0.001 334.95 0.35 0.43 0.51
CO2 × Aphids × Si 0.26 0.61 333.17 0.18 0.51 0.48
Temp × Aphids × Si 0.25 0.61 332.97 0.65 0.06 0.81
CO2 × Temp × Aphids × Si 0.06 0.81 332.95 0.90 0.84 0.36

Statistically significant (P < 0.05) factors indicated in bold with Fisher’s (F) or residual deviation (RD) given depending on the models used. Analysis conducted on transformed data as indicated.

1Log transformed. Degrees of freedom in each column apply to all effects.