Table 3.
Analysis of variance (ANOVA) results for Arabidopsis plant traits.
| Phenology | |||||
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| Effect | Flowering day | Primary bolts | Secondary bolts | Height | Bolt thickness |
| Genotype | 13.62 (4)*** | 4.51 (4)** | 10.37 (4)*** | 3.41 (4)* | 4.83 (4)** |
| Treatment | 5.70 (2)** | 74.11 (2)*** | 244.17 (2)*** | 47.32 (2)*** | 1.48 (2) |
| Genotype × Treatment | 0.82 (8) | 1.81 (8) | 6.09 (8)*** | 1.31 (8) | 1.03 (8) |
| Physiology | ||||
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| Effect | Relative water content | Osmotic potential | Total Chl | Proline |
| Genotype | 3.74 (4)** | 7.36 (4)*** | 0.64 (4) | 2.94 (4)* |
| Treatment | 7.72 (2)*** | 13.66 (2)*** | 39.15 (2)*** | 16.90 (2)*** |
| Genotype × Treatment | 1.19 (8) | 2.17 (8)* | 0.58 (8) | 3.59 (8)** |
| Leaf anatomy | ||||||
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| Effect | Stomatal area | Stomatal density | Stomatal area per leaf area | Epidermal cell area | Stomatal index | Stomatal to epidermal area ratio |
| Genotype | 0.11 (4) | 0.56 (4) | 1.11 (4) | 1.10 (4) | 2.34 (4) | 1.05 (4) |
| Treatment | 1.68 (2) | 9.03 (2)*** | 8.39 (2)*** | 5.28 (2)** | 6.76 (2)** | 4.12 (2)* |
| Genotype × Treatment | 1.32 (8) | 2.43 (8)* | 1.53 (8) | 2.79 (8)** | 1.87 (8) | 1.42 (8) |
| Fitness | ||
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| Effect | Total seeds | Biomass |
| Genotype | 2.23 (4) | 0.64 (4) |
| Treatment | 16.44 (2)*** | 2.11 (2) |
| Genotype × Treatment | 3.82 (8)*** | 1.24 (8) |
| Morphology | ||
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| Effect | Leaf count | Leaf thickness |
| Genotype | 0.57 (4) | 0.90 (4) |
| Treatment | 0.40 (2) | 3.15 (2)* |
| Genotype × Treatment | 1.05 (8) | 0.71 (8) |
Model: trait = genotype + treatment + (genotype × treatment). Genotypes: Col-0; ku70; nop2a; tad3-2; tert. Numbers represent F-values with degrees of freedom in parentheses.
*
, P < 0.05;
**
, P < 0.01;
***
, P < 0.0001.