Section 3 (Crop Management)

Rajbhandari
Appendix 2a. Combined analysis of variance of maize leaf punch (% P) across different days after
planting and across three environments.
Sources of variation df SS*1000 MSS F-ratio
Corrected Total 429 3836.8
Environment (Env) 2 275.7 137.8 159.0
Kauai Vs Poamoho (KVP) 1 59.2 59.2 68.3
Poamoho88 Vs Poamoho89 (PVP) 1 216.4 216.4 249.6
Replication (Env) 6
Phosphorus Level 9 698.2 77.6 89.5 **
Log(P) 1 666.4 666.4 768.5 **
Log(P)*Log(P) 1 7.4 7.4 8.5 **
Lack of fit 7 24.4 3.5 4.0
Environment*P Level 18 321.3 17.8 20.6 **
KVP*Log(P) 1 133.2 133.2 153.6 **
PVP*Log(P) 1 115.9 115.9 133.6 **
KVP*Log (P)*Log (P) 1 4.3 4.3 4.9 *
PVP*Log (P)*Log (P)1 8.6 8.6 9.9 **
KVP*Log (P)*Log (P)*Log (P) 1 1.1 1.1 1.3
PVP*Log (P)*Log (P)*Log (P) 1 0.0 0.0 0.0
Lack of fit 14 58.3 4.2 4.8 *
Rep (Environment*P Level) 14 12.1 0.9
System (SYS) 2 6.2 3.1 1.4
Sole Vs Intercrop (SVI) 1 2.5 2.5 1.1
Between Intercrops (INVIN) 1 2.9 2.9 1.3
Environment*System 2 12.7 6.4 2.8
KVP*SVI 1 1.1 1.1 0.5
PVP*SVI 1 14.2 14.2 6.3 *
P Level*System 18 38.5 2.1 0.9
Log (P)*SVI 1 0.3 0.3 0.1
Log (P)*INVIN 1 1.8 1.8 0.8
Log (P)*Log (P)*SVI 1 2.0 2.0 0.9
Log (P)*Log (P)*INVIN 1 3.4 3.4 1.5
Lack of fit 14 31.1 2.2 1.0
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