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Table 2 Summary of ANCOVA results for total spore production

From: Pathogen and host genotype differently affect pathogen fitness through their effects on different life-history stages

Source

DF

Type II SS

F

p

Block

1

3.456

9.714

0.0032

Pathogen

4

4.745

3.334

0.0181

Whole-plot error

44

15.656

3.198

0.0014

Inoculum dose

1

0.460

4.138

0.0527

Host

4

3.800

8.539

0.0002

Pathogen x Host

16

2.145

1.205

0.3290

Split-plot error

25

2.781

  
  1. The response variable is total spore production (mg spores per cm2 of leaf tissue) and it was log transformed before analysis. Log transformed inoculum dose (spores deposited per cm2) was used as a covariate. The effects of block (inoculation day) and pathogen genotype were analyzed at the whole-plot level, while the effects of inoculum dose, host genotype, and the interaction term, pathogen x host genotype, were analyzed at the split-plot level.