Table 2.
Five-way ANOVA of the ear coverage data of the maize resistance tests against toxigenic fungi in 2012–2013.
| A/ANOVA | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Source of Variance | SS | df | MS | F | |
| Hybrid A | 7810.85 | 19 | 411.10 | 34.11 *** | |
| Isolate B | 178.40 | 1 | 178.40 | 14.80 *** | |
| Year C | 4855.54 | 1 | 4855.54 | 402.94 *** | |
| Location D | 4303.72 | 1 | 4303.72 | 357.15 ** | |
| Toxic spp. E | 20,654.59 | 4 | 5163.65 | 428.51 *** | |
| A × B | 1570.65 | 19 | 82.67 | 6.86 ** | |
| A × C | 3738.80 | 19 | 196.78 | 16.33 *** | |
| A × D | 5517.86 | 19 | 290.41 | 24.10 *** | |
| A × E | 10,541.69 | 76 | 138.71 | 11.51 *** | |
| B × C | 21,136.66 | 1 | 21,136.66 | 1754.07 *** | |
| B × D | 76.63 | 1 | 76.63 | 6.35 * | |
| B × E | 10,117.77 | 4 | 2529.44 | 209.91 *** | |
| C × D | 301.22 | 1 | 301.22 | 24.99 *** | |
| C × E | 11,110.72 | 4 | 2777.68 | 230.51 *** | |
| D × E | 3495.71 | 4 | 873.93 | 72.52 *** | |
| Interactions 3–5 | 55,174 | 625 | 88.28 | 7.32 ** | |
| Within | 28,928.70 | 2400 | 12.05 | ||
| Total | 189,513.61 | 3199 | |||
| Comparison of the main effects with two-ways interactions, based on MS values from Table 3 | |||||
| A × B df 19, 19 | Hybrid A/AB | 4.97 | *** | ||
| A × B df 1, 19 | Isolate B/AB | 2.16 | ns | ||
| A × C df 19,19 | Hybrid A/AC | 2.09 | ns | ||
| A × C df 1, 19 | Year C/AC | 24.67 | *** | ||
| AD df 19, | Hybrid A/AD | 1.42 | ns | ||
| AD df 1, 19 | Location D/AD | 14.82 | ** | ||
| AE df 19, | Hybrid A/AD | 2.96 | * | ||
| AE df 1, 19 | Toxic spp. E/AD | 37.23 | *** | ||
*** p = 0.001, ** p = 0.01, * p = 0.05, ns = non significant.