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. 2020 Apr 23;10:6883. doi: 10.1038/s41598-020-63986-6

Table 1.

Mean square values of the analysis of variance of electrolyte leakage (EL%), Fv/Fm ratio, lipid peroxidation indicated by malondialdehyde (MDA) (nmol g−1), H2O2 content (nmole g−1), essential oil content (EOC %) and essential oil yield (EOY g plant−1).

Source of variants df EL Fv/Fm MDA H2O2 EOC EOY
Species (S) 1 230.40** 0.03** 9.29** 181.62** 0.35** 0.08**
Drought (D) 2 6910.24** 0.72** 260.72** 10699.09** 0.52** 0.13**
Melatonin (M) 4 177.52** 0.02** 1.92** 326.68** 0.24** 0.06**
S × D 2 36.66** 0.002** 1.43** 13.80** 0.07** 0.02
S × M 4 3.39** 0.0006** 0.02 ns 2.67** 0.003* 0.0008**
D × M 8 33.85** 0.0008** 0.28** 37.63** 0.01** 0.003**
S × D × M 8 3.46** 0.0002ns 0.03ns 1.17ns 0.003** 0.0008*
Error 60 0.81 0.00009 0.06 0.67 0.0008 0.0002
CV (%) 5.20 1.62 6.31 2.30 4.21 4.19

* and **: Significant at the 5% and 1% probability levels, respectively., ns: Non- Significant, according to the LSD multiple range test at P ≤ 0.05. df, degrees of freedom.