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Table 2 Mean square of ages and corm treatment on shoot regeneration and early growth of enset (Ensete ventricosum (Welw.) Cheesman)

From: In vivo regeneration efficiency of enset (Ensete ventricosum (Welw.) Cheesman) as affected by age of parent plant and corm proportion

 

Mean square

DF

DC

DE

SN

PH

LL

LW

LN

PsH

PsC

Source of variation

 Replication

2

0.77

17.86

0.015

18.90

0.08

11.68

0.02

23.65

5.37

 Age

3

17.29***

15.65***

0.63 ***

347.36***

6.67***

22.00***

0.23***

172.78***

15.07***

 Corm treatment

2

75.11***

72.86***

0.53***

318.01***

4.15***

17.31***

0.31***

116.33***

8.19***

 Age * corm treatment

6

26.74***

6.97**

0.03*

102.36***

1.00**

9.22***

 

0.11**

 

68.35***

 

5.54***

 Error

22

2.11

1.73

0.01

15.68

0.20

0.67

0.02

5.61

0.35

CV (%)

 

3.99

2.04

5.43

8.75

1.48

6.24

2.92

16.91

6.33

  1. *, **, ***F value significant at p = 0.05, p = 0.01, and p = 0.001, respectively
  2. NS non-significant (P > 0.05), DF degree of freedom, DC Date of callus formation, DE Date of 50% emergence, SN shoot number, PH Plant height, LL leaf length, LW leaf width, LN leaf number, PH pseudo stem height, PsC pseudo stem circumference