Fig. 6.
Seed C:N stoichiometry in response to environmental stresses. (A, B) Differences of slope (A) and intercept (B) of the orthogonal regression in the five environmental stress conditions compared with the control condition. Asterisks indicate the significance of the difference between the means in the control and the stress conditions (means ±SD, ANOVA followed by Turkey’s test: *P<0.05, **P<0.01, ***P<0.001, n=4–5). (C) Schematic representation of the orthogonal regression of C:N stoichiometry in seeds in the different conditions. The regression parameters in the control condition are the mean of regression parameters estimated in the different experiments. The regression parameters in the stress conditions are the sum of the parameters under the control condition and of the average differences of parameters recorded in the stress conditions. Regression lines are plotted only in the range of seed compositions under the different conditions.