Table 2 Variance analysis of regression models fitting the indices related to phenol, flavonoid, essential oil content and essential oil yield grapefruit mint.

From: Exogenous melatonin modulates physiological responses, phytochemical profiles and essential oil production in grapefruit mint under drought stress

Traits

Phenol content

flavonoids content

Essential oil content

Essential oil yield

Model

Reduced cubic

Reduced cubic

Reduced cubic

Reduced cubic

 

df

MS

df

MS

df

MS

df

MS

Model

5

11.51**

5

4.26**

5

0.57**

5

0.44*

X1(Drought)

1

23.33**

1

6.02*

1

0.46**

1

1.16**

X2(Melatonin)

1

11.79*

1

0.55ns

1

0.23*

1

0.68*

X1×X2

1

18.67*

1

0.00ns

1

0.02ns

1

0.01n.s

X12

1

38.04**

1

17.4**

1

2.24**

1

0.87*

X22

1

26.28**

1

7.48**

1

0.85**

1

0.90*

Residuals

7

1.43

7

0.34

7

0.03

7

0.08

Lack of fit

3

2.05ns

3

0.63ns

3

0.07*

3

0.14ns

Pure Error

4

0.95

4

0.13

4

0.01

4

0.03

R2

0.85

-

0.89

-

0.91

-

0.79

-

Adjusted R2

0.74

-

0.82

-

0.85

-

0.65

-

Predicted R2

0.18

-

0.29

-

0.41

-

0

-

  1. Ns, * and ** indicated no significant difference, significant at 5% probability level and significant at 1% probability level, respectively.