Table 2.

Verification of the assumption of the homogeneity of variance by means of the Brown-Forsythe test with sterilization adopted as the grouping variable.

	Brown-Forsythe Variance Homogeneity Test Marked Effects Are Relevant with p < 0.05
Variable	SS Effect	df Effect	MS Effect	SS Error	df Error	MS Error	F	p
Strain	0.003	1	0.003	0.112	72	0.002	1.909	0.171