Table 3 Results of ANOVA assessing the impacts of plant location (open, east, and west) and plant organ-age (young and mature leaves) on the minerals contents of Tephrosia apollinea.
Tested parameters | Variables | df | Mean squares | F-Ratio | p-Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Calcium (mg/100 g) | Plant locations (PL) | 2 | 2,801,084.884 | 1,044,098.735 | 0.000 |
Organ age (OA) | 1 | 2,941,686.827 | 1,096,507.825 | 0.000 | |
PL*OA | 2 | 1,628,645.277 | 607,074.239 | 0.000 | |
Error | 12 | 2.683 | |||
Phosphorous (mg/100 g) | Plant locations (PL) | 2 | 29,146.385 | 15,457.717 | 0.000 |
Organ age (OA) | 1 | 1,485.125 | 787.633 | 0.000 | |
PL*OA | 2 | 70,319.632 | 37,293.853 | 0.000 | |
Error | 12 | 1.886 | |||
Sodium (mg/100 g) | Plant locations (PL) | 2 | 24,184.437 | 15,125.619 | 0.000 |
Organ age (OA) | 1 | 67,465.664 | 42,194.903 | 0.000 | |
PL*OA | 2 | 9,368.100 | 5,859.070 | 0.000 | |
Error | 12 | 1.599 | |||
Potassium (mg/100 g) | Plant locations (PL) | 2 | 437,388.455 | 316,057.495 | 0.000 |
Organ age (OA) | 1 | 1,890,929.045 | 1,366,387.909 | 0.000 | |
PL*OA | 2 | 985,350.262 | 712,015.444 | 0.000 | |
Error | 12 | 1.384 | |||
Magnesium (mg/100 g) | Plant locations (PL) | 2 | 10,223.994 | 8,684.846 | 0.000 |
Organ age (OA) | 1 | 3.645 | 3.096 | 0.104 | |
PL*OA | 2 | 85,837.582 | 72,915.360 | 0.000 | |
Error | 12 | 1.177 | |||
Zinc (mg/100 g) | Plant locations (PL) | 2 | 17.542 | 4,278.451 | 0.000 |
Organ age (OA) | 1 | 28.577 | 6,969.951 | 0.000 | |
PL*OA | 2 | 22.114 | 5,393.671 | 0.000 | |
Error | 12 | 0.004 | |||
Manganese (mg/100 g) | Plant locations (PL) | 2 | 22.146 | 37,965.067 | 0.000 |
Organ age (OA) | 1 | 0.130 | 222.943 | 0.000 | |
PL*OA | 2 | 11.745 | 20,134.057 | 0.000 | |
Error | 12 | 0.001 | |||
Copper (mg/100 g) | Plant locations (PL) | 2 | 26.653 | 30,364.196 | 0.000 |
Organ age (OA) | 1 | 31.442 | 35,820.513 | 0.000 | |
PL*OA | 2 | 0.746 | 850.120 | 0.000 | |
Error | 12 | 0.001 |
