. 2021 Dec 17;16(12):e0261468. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0261468

Table 1. Analysis of variance for growth traits and biomass production of chili grown under different nitrogen doses and bacterial inoculation.

Source	DF	Sum of squares	Mean squares	F value	P value
Plant height at flowering
Bacteria inoculation (B)	1	107.12	107.12	136.51	< 0.0001^*
Nitrogen doses (N)	5	91.72	18.34	23.38	< 0.0001^*
B × N	5	60.99	12.20	15.54	< 0.0001^*
Plant height at maturity
Bacteria inoculation (B)	1	30.25	30.25	6.14	0.021^*
Nitrogen doses (N)	5	210.98	42.20	8.56	< 0.0001^*
B × N	5	112.89	22.58	4.58	0.004^*
Stem diameter
Bacteria inoculation (B)	1	0.07	0.07	0.51	0.481^NS
Nitrogen doses (N)	5	7.07	1.41	9.98	< 0.0001^*
B × N	5	3.07	0.61	4.34	0.006^*
Root length
Bacteria inoculation (B)	1	0.61	0.61	0.97	0.335^NS
Nitrogen doses (N)	5	28.45	5.69	8.98	< 0.0001^*
B × N	5	54.37	10.87	17.16	< 0.0001^*
Root fresh weight
Bacteria inoculation (B)	1	5.17	5.17	69.99	< 0.0001^*
Nitrogen doses (N)	5	1.97	0.39	5.34	0.002^*
B × N	5	5.33	1.07	14.42	< 0.0001^*
Root dry weight
Bacteria inoculation (B)	1	0.55	0.55	22.85	< 0.0001^*
Nitrogen doses (N)	5	0.99	0.20	8.28	0.000^*
B × N	5	3.06	0.61	25.57	< 0.0001^*
Shoot fresh weight
Bacteria inoculation (B)	1	5.86	5.86	2.23	0.148^NS
Nitrogen doses (N)	5	789.20	157.84	60.19	< 0.0001^*
B × N	5	230.70	46.14	17.60	< 0.0001^*
Shoot dry weight
Bacteria inoculation (B)	1	10.65	10.65	15.78	0.001^*
Nitrogen doses (N)	5	42.34	8.47	12.54	< 0.0001^*
B × N	5	10.33	2.07	3.06	0.028^*

DF = degree of freedom

* = significant, NS = non-significant.