TABLE 3.

Significance of effects of the factors on the growth response traits of C. canephora number in the table are F‐values of linear mixed models testing the effect of factors on performance

Factors	RGRA	TNL	TLA	TLDW	SLA	RL
Cultivation status (CS)
Treatment	136.367***	60.32***	27.19***	14.48***	15.93***	26.70***
CS	0.91	1.05	1.63	2.41	4.75*	3.33*
Treatment*CS	0.74	0.71	3.25*	1.47	0.20	0.80
Genetic group
Treatment	117.79***	62.61***	35.67***	16.51***	12.03***	14.47***
Genetic group	1.29	2.32	6.37***	8.77***	1.66	7.58***
Treatment*Genetic group	2.76*	2.02	1.18	0.93	0.34	0.48
Location
Treatment	111.17***	63.26***	46.20***	16.68***	8.79*	27.7***
Location	2.39*	2.00	9.31***	10.78***	5.50***	1.05
Treatment*Location	3.20 *	2.93*	3.85***	2.15	1.08	2.03

Note: Numbers in italics indicate significant effects: italics with *** is significant with p < .001, italics significant with *p < .05 and bold italics is marginally significant. Two treatment levels ((i) Restricted and (ii) ample water levels), Cultivation status three levels ((i) wild, (ii) feral and (iii) cultivated), Genetic groups five levels ((i) Budongo, (ii) Itwara, (iii) Kibale, (iv) SC, and (v) Zoka), Location 7 levels ((i) Budongo, (ii) Itwara, (iii) Kalangala, (iv) Kibale, (v) Mabira, (vi) Malabigambo and (vii) Zoka).

Abbreviations: RGRA (d⁻¹), Relative growth in leaf area; TNL, Total number of leaves; TLA (cm²), Total leaf area; TLDW (g), Total leaf dry weight; SLA (cm² g⁻¹), Specific Leaf area; RL (cm³ cm⁻²), Root volume to leaf area ratio.