TABLE 2.
Results of factorial ANOVA evaluating the presence of endophytes (E) and temporal kinetics for relative level of transcripts by RT-qPCR of genes in Colobanthus quitensis subjected to water content currently found in Antarctica (W−) and the projected one according to climate change forecast (W+).
| Traits | df | MS | F | p | |
| W− | CqNCED1 | ||||
| Endophytes (E) | 1 | 14.4016 | 31.183 | 0.0000 | |
| Time (T) | 4 | 1.7873 | 3.870 | 0.0353 | |
| E × T | 4 | 0.9021 | 1.953 | 0.3620 | |
| Error | 80 | 0.4618 | |||
| CqABCG25 | |||||
| Endophytes (E) | 1 | 0.08921 | 0.9706 | 0.3269 | |
| Time (T) | 4 | 0.72968 | 7.9392 | 0.0000 | |
| E × T | 4 | 0.51276 | 5.5790 | 0.0004 | |
| Error | 80 | 0.09191 | |||
| CqRD22 | |||||
| Endophytes (E) | 1 | 1.7894 | 5.0450 | 0.02701 | |
| Time (T) | 4 | 2.5783 | 7.2694 | 0.00003 | |
| E × T | 4 | 0.8111 | 2.2867 | 0.06566 | |
| Error | 80 | 0.3547 | |||
| W+ | CqNCED1 | ||||
| Endophytes (E) | 1 | 2.1997 | 2.6039 | 0.1097 | |
| Time (T) | 4 | 2.2728 | 2.6904 | 0.0059 | |
| E × T | 4 | 0.9272 | 1.0975 | 0.1080 | |
| Error | 80 | 0.8448 | |||
| CqABCG25 | |||||
| Endophytes (E) | 1 | 1.3735 | 5.631 | 0.01940 | |
| Time (T) | 4 | 1.7482 | 7.167 | 0.00003 | |
| E × T | 4 | 0.5203 | 2.133 | 0.08152 | |
| Error | 80 | 0.2439 | |||
| CqRD22 | |||||
| Endophytes (E) | 1 | 0.0173 | 0.0240 | 0.87726 | |
| Time (T) | 4 | 2.8264 | 3.9279 | 0.00532 | |
| E × T | 4 | 0.5119 | 0.7113 | 0.58611 | |
| Error | 80 | 0.7196 | |||
Significant effect factors (P < 0.05) are highlighted in bold.