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TABLE 1:
Mean squares from analysis of variance for morphological characters of anise at different plant densities and fertilizer treatments.
Source of
variation
Degree
of
freedom
Biological
yield
Seed yield
Harvest
index
(HI)
1,000
kernel
weight
No. of
seeds
per
umbellet
No. of
umbel-
lets per
umbel
No. of
umbels
per plant
Canopy
area
No. of
lateral
branches
Plant
height
Essen-
tial oil
yield
Essen-
tial oil
per-
centage
Replication
2
31,743
7,952.33
0.00004
0.25
1.58
16.30
**
23.36
223.74
0.0007
1.27
45.24
0.49
Fertilizer (F)
3
33,773
ns
14,041.92
ns
0.007
*
1.62
ns
7.87
ns
6.89
*
148.66
*
75,898.77
**
0.091
ns
22.97
ns
21.18
ns
0.25
ns
Main plot
6
24,258
14,855.35
0.001
0.65
2.99
0.91
16.36
5,376.40
0.082
10.71
14.91
0.25
Plant
density (PD)
2
149,791,102
**
411.75
0.004
ns
0.25
ns
0.25
ns
0.53
ns
4.96
ns
17,548.11
ns
0.63
*
0.82
ns
534.31
**
0.44
*
Interaction
FxPD
6
82,018
*
9,710.72
ns
0.003
ns
0.54
ns
3.87
*
1.75
ns
24.40
ns
65,811.91
**
0.21
ns
8.18
*
49.32
ns
2.30
**
Subplot
16
23,643
13,269.49
0.001
0.68
1.01
3.44
24.61
5,188.55
0.15
2.97
26.61
5.73
CV (%)
8.40
32.43
17.43
24.74
12.99
17.83
18.00
5.43
12.50
4.25
37.85
16.30
*and ** means significant difference at p < 0.05 and p<0.01 respectively.
