ECOLOGICAL STUDIES ON TILE SYMBIOSIS OF TER ITOMYCES ...

TADIZ 5*3,, 1 Hean twaber of fungal colonies per g dry weight of
different parts of the Wcrotermes subhyallnus nest system* Ul Res ts
of the dilution plate experiment on SP medium (All mimbers x 103)
Q S*E*Mo) n
A C MEAN
Fresh comb 7-58 ! 1-93 25.52 1 3.58 1548 ! 2920 1,2080
Old comb - 1-38 10-65 2-76 ! 1.03 6-54 ! 1-36 3.56
Nest structure 10.21 ! 0.61 ý 25*00 ! 'q,., 38_ 21*2119 : 3-79 18-83
A-two-way analysis of variance was carried out on the results of the
Individual platen*
TABLE 5*3*2 Analysis of variance'on the mobers of fungal colonies-
found In different parts of the Macrotermessubh3 ralirms nest system*
SOURCE or
VARIATIM
DEM
OF
FTtE=M
SLIKS OF
SQUARES
MAN
SQUARES
VARIANCE
RATIO (F)
botween, parts, of nest system 2 1775-2.2 887.61 3!; *41***
between samples 2 64o. 99 320.495 JL2-79***
Interacti-on 4 226-07 56.518 2.25NSD
Residual 36 902-35 25.065
1
L
TOTAL 44 3544. ý3_
no levels of significant difference, between the different parts of
the xyst" are given below*
FRESH COM
OLD COM
NEST STRt=URE
MESII, COM3 OID _ Col Mo NEST SMtCTURS
21le