Table 2.

Analysis of variance for 14 characteristics of Withania somnifera

S. No.	Characteristics	Mean sum of squares
		Replication (d.f. = 2)	Treatment (d.f. = 52)	Error (d.f. = 104)
1	Plant height (cm)	7.13	1,713.05**	1.67
2	Fresh root weight (g)	7.75	12,656.34**	2.04
3	Dry root weight (g)	1.30	2,573.20**	3.25
4	1,000 seed weight (g)	0.0023	0.008**	0.0005
5	Total alkaloid % (L)	0.002	0.072**	0.063
6	Withanolide % (L)	0.002	0.085**	0.001
7	Withaferin A % (L)	0.004	0.662**	0.002
8	Withanolide A % (L)	0.0001	0.576**	0.0002
9	12 deoxywithastramonolide (L)	0.0001	0.032**	0.0002
10	Total alkaloid % (R)	0.0017	0.070**	0.0007
11	Withanolide % (R)	0.245	0.035**	0.017
12	Withaferin A % (R)	0.00	0.0002**	0.00
13	Withanolide A % (R)	0.0001	0.010**	0.0002
14	12 deoxywithastramonolide (R)	0.0005	0.013**	0.0001

* Significant at 1% probability level

** Significant at 5% probability level

d.f., degrees of freedom; L, leaves; R, root