Table 2.

Summary of post-hoc analysis using Sidak’s multiple comparisons test of RT-qPCR analysis of gene expression in Arabidopsis wild-type (Col-0) and ztl-3 plants ± ABA (Figure 4).

Gene	Treatment	Mean diff. (WT – ztl-3)	95% CI of diff.	Significance level α < 0.05
PYL5	−ABA	1.040	−1.605 to 3.685	ns
	+ABA	1.294	−1.351 to 3.938	ns
ABI2	−ABA	0.3944	−0.4455 to 1.234	ns
	+ABA	0.832	−0.007819 to 1.672	ns
HAB1	−ABA	−0.6830	−2.069 to 0.7031	ns
	+ABA	0.4794	−0.9068 to 1.866	ns
OST1	−ABA	0.6713	−0.1823 to 1.525	ns
	+ABA	1.024	0.1703 to 1.878	Yes, *
ABI5	−ABA	0.8129	−0.2108 to 1.837	ns
	+ABA	1.449	0.4254 to 2.473	Yes, **
ABF3	−ABA	−0.1650	−1.707 to 1.377	ns
	+ABA	0.6919	−0.8497 to 2.233	ns
ABF4	−ABA	0.9553	−0.6202 to 2.531	ns
	+ABA	1.276	−0.2995 to 2.852	ns
RD29A	−ABA	2.567	1.498 to 3.636	Yes, ***
	+ABA	1.440	0.3710 to 2.509	Yes, *
RAB18	−ABA	0.1204	−0.7153 to 0.9561	ns
	+ABA	1.221	0.3849 to 2.056	Yes, **

Statistical significances indicated ^*p < 0.05; ^**p < 0.01; and ^***p < 0.001 (post-hoc analysis).