Table 3. P values of three-way ANOVA for the effects of yield stability under drought (Ys), water treatment (W), stage (S), and their interactions on observed leaf traits of maize.

Significant values (P < 0.05) are shown in bold. df, Degrees of freedom.

Trait	df	A	E	gs	Ci	WUEi	WUEin	Tl	ChlSPAD	Ψw	Ψπ	Ψπ100	RWC	Suc	SLA	TSD
Ys	1	0.141	0.349	0.393	0.652	0.384	0.999	0.449	0.090	0.916	0.124	0.118	0.780	0.023	0.008	0.590
W	2	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001	0.372	0.743	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001	0.470
S	1	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001	0.022	0.622	0.002	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001
Ys×W	2	0.226	0.301	0.347	0.788	0.578	0.970	0.778	0.152	0.346	0.648	0.612	0.607	0.610	0.447	0.396
Ys×S	1	0.614	0.668	0.924	0.305	0.383	0.262	0.236	0.071	0.141	0.609	0.326	0.400	0.133	0.644	0.626
W×S	2	<0.001	<0.001	0.002	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001	0.303	0.346	0.002	0.303	<0.001	<0.001	0.690	0.300	0.154
Ys×W×S	2	0.222	0.360	0.424	0.633	0.501	0.673	0.918	<0.001	0.780	0.242	0.397	0.764	0.763	0.574	0.371