Table 1.

Analysis of variance (ANOVA) of the effects of temperature (°C), water activity (a_w), and carbon dioxide (CO₂) on the growth rate of F. verticillioides and F. graminearum on milled-maize agar.

Source	DF	MS	F-Value
F. verticillioides
T	1	413.18	17,122.91 *
aw	2	21.290	882.29 *
CO2	2	7.96	329.94 *
T × aw	2	9.08	376.33 *
T × CO2	2	0.66	27.74 *
aw × CO2	4	0.84	34.99 *
T × aw × CO2	4	0.024	0.01
F. graminearum
T	1	424.181	1565.21 *
aw	2	14.821	54.69 *
CO2	2	5.94	21.92 *
T × aw	2	6.13	0.55
T × CO2	2	1.42	22.65 *
aw × CO2	4	0.14	0.55
T × aw × CO2	4	0.27	0.14

DF: degrees of freedom; MS: mean squares; * significant (p < 0.05).