Figure 4.
Exogenous gibberellin (GA4) application and Premium biochar (BC) amendment interact synergistically to increase the shoot biomass and length of M82 tomato plants. Least Square (LS) Mean interaction plots for each species show relationship between GA4 application and BC amendment for (a–d) shoot fresh weight and (e,f) shoot length. The experiment was repeated in four trials, and trial was included as a random factor in the model. Shoot weight and length values were square root transformed to meet homogeneity of variance and normality assumptions. Values represented in the figure are not transformed. P values represent significance of BC × GA4 interaction in the full model analysis. The interaction effect was considered statistically different at p < 0.05. Error bars represent one standard error. Abbreviations: H7996 – Solanum lycopersicum cv. Hawaii7996. M82 – S. lycopersicum cv. M82. WV – S. pimpinellifolium accession West Virginia700. SP – S. pennellii accession LA0716. Full model results are in Table S1.