Table 6.
Analysis of variance results for the effects of the isolates of E. alsodes and E. schardlii var. pennsylvanica endophytes on Poa alsodes plants from the North Carolina population
| df | Total biomass | Leaf biomass | Root biomass | Root: Shoot | Plant height | Number of tillers | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| F | p | F | p | F | p | F | p | F | p | F | p | ||
| Endophyte (E)a | 4 | 3.10 | 0.016 | 3.13 | 0.016 | 3.82 | 0.005 | 7.68 | <0.000 | 5.96 | 0.0001 | 5.67 | 0.0002 |
| Treatment (T)b | 3 | 133.95 | <0.000 | 132.39 | <0.000 | 106.83 | <0.000 | 37.58 | <0.000 | 140.28 | <0.000 | 32.67 | <0.000 |
| E * T | 12 | 0.23 | 1.00 | 0.23 | 1.00 | 0.27 | 0.99 | 0.44 | 0.94 | 0.36 | 0.97 | 0.30 | 0.99 |
| Error | 223 | ||||||||||||
p < 0.05 are in bold.
a
E. alsodes isolates A1, A2; E. schardlii var. pennsylvanica isolates S1, S2; E− plants.
b
HWHN, HWLN, LWHN, LWLN treatments.