Table 4 Variance analysis of the effect of irrigation levels and bacterial inoculation on physiological traits and yields of sweet corn.

From: The role of ACC deaminase producing bacteria in improving sweet corn (Zea mays L. var saccharata) productivity under limited availability of irrigation water

SOV

DF

Mean of squares

Chl a

Chl b

Total Chl

F0

F m

F v /F m

FP

TSS

CAT

POX

Ear Y

Canned SY

Year (Y)

1

0.271**

0.002

0.007

465.84

558.53

0.0042

7.12

13.79

1.428

38.88

67,218.80**

15,830.43**

Rep (R)

2

0.015

0.008

0.003

434.01

55.91

0.0081

20.15

50.01

0.007

0.074

9782.67

2011.03

Irrigation (Irr)

2

0.658**

0.106**

0.670**

2644.72**

576.95**

0.0135**

465.64**

734.54**

532.003**

178.12*

84,745.03**

14,370.63**

Y × Irr

2

0.002

0.004

0.003

32.68

166.17

0.0009

4.53

22.29

0.001

0.011

896.34

1475.09

Error a

4

0.011

0.004

0.003

148.30

122.59

0.0037

19.85

47.12

0.031

0.047

9194.04

1828.22

Bacteria (Bac)

5

0.115**

0.096**

0.036**

78.82**

20.62

0.0009**

105.79**

177.75**

112.31*

240.19**

138,415.30**

72,475.97**

Irr × Bac

10

0.042*

0.019**

0.021**

3.84

410.30**

0.0001

88.55**

246.34*

8.20**

136.25**

35,383.79*

9017.17*

Y × Bac

5

0.011

0.002

0.003

1.45

36.66

0.0001

11.62

24.89

0.002

0.012

9321.52

572.05

Y × Irr × Bac

10

0.008

0.001

0.002

3.16

32.02

0.0001

12.63

36.44

0.002

0.010

3123.87

1370.68

Error

60

0.009

0.002

0.002

61.69

70.06

0.0011

12.04

44.32

0.020

0.023

7280.66

1745.42

C.V.

 

14.40

13.10

7.64

10.57

3.67

5.13

8.17

11.51

4.17

5.21

7.06

8.56

  1. Chl a: chlorophyll a, Chl b: chlorophyll b, Chl a + b: total chlorophylls, F0, Fm and Fv/Fm: chlorophyll fluorescence parameters, FP: free proline, TSS: total soluble sugars, CAT: Catalase, POX: Peroxidase, Ear Y: ear yield, Canned SY: Canned seed yield.
  2. *Indicates p ≤ 0.05; ** indicates p ≤ 0.01; C.V. indicates coefficient variance; Rep indicates replication (n = 3); DF indicates degree of freedom; S.O.V indicates source of variance.
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