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Table 2 Analysis of variance for the effects of the age of tobacco leaves, year, stage and their interactions on tissue structure

From:Dynamic changes in physiological and biochemical properties of flue-cured tobacco of different leaf ages during flue-curing and their effects on yield and quality

Effect/contrast DF Upper epidermis Lower epidermis Palisade tissue Spongy tissue Leaf thickness
-------------Probability of a greaterF-value--------------
Leaf age (L) 2 0.0049 0.4107 <.0001 0.0025 0.0003
Year (Y) 1 0.0003 0.0411 0.2758 0.0533 0.1895
Stage (S) 6 <.0001 <.0001 <.0001 <.0001 <.0001
L*Y 2 0.093 0.2566 0.5202 0.1901 0.1859
L*S 12 0.0035 0.6867 0.0077 0.4023 0.0938
Y*S 6 0.0796 0.015 0.6096 0.3335 0.2378
L*Y*S 12 0.0383 0.894 0.4387 0.3115 0.273