TABLE 2.

Analysis of variance for the mucilage sugar composition, exudation, and saturation water content of the maize genotypes (one-way ANOVA, at P ≤ 0.05).

Sources of variation	df	Sum of squares	Mean square	F	P-value
Hexoses	7	42.66	6.09	6.09	<0.001*
Pentoses	7	0.06	0.01	16.64	<0.0001*
Glucuronic acid	7	27.54	3.93	4.06	<0.01*
Galactose	7	60.19	8.59	10.37	<0.0001*
Fucose	7	142.63	20.33	11.59	<0.0001*
Mannose	7	0.39	0.04	2.59	NS
Glucose	7	0.35	0.05	4.68	<0.01*
Arabinose	7	0.04	0.006	11.70	<0.0001*
Xylose	7	0.33	0.04	10.19	<0.0001*
Mucilage exudation	7	1.87	0.26	8.06	<0.0001*
Mucilage saturation water content	7	123058.57	17579.79	4.01	<0.01*

*, significant; NS, not significant.