Table 3.

Analysis of variance (ANOVA) of the effects of temperature (°C), water activity (a_w), and carbon dioxide (CO₂) on deoxynivalenol (DON) and zearalenone (ZEA) produced by Fusarium graminearum on milled-maize agar.

Source	DF	MS	F-Value
DON
T	1	6015.16	4.17
aw	2	9416.85	6.53 *
CO2	2	2993.66	2.07
T × aw	2	8829.29	6.12
T × CO2	2	3412.61	2.36
aw × CO2	4	2341.51	1.62
T × aw × CO2	4	2376.36	1.68
ZEA
T	1	41.44	3.10
aw	2	61.93	4.86 *
CO2	2	23.86	1.79
T × aw	2	63.51	4.75
T × CO2	2	24.47	1.83
aw × CO2	4	20.67	1.33
T × aw × CO2	4	17.76	0.80

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