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Table 2 Analysis of variance (ANOVA) for the effects of treatments on physiological characteristics of wheat

From: Biofilm forming rhizobacteria affect the physiological and biochemical responses of wheat to drought

Source of variation	df	Mean of square
Source of variation	df	RWC	MSI	MDA	H₂O₂	SOD	CAT	APX	GPX	GST
Watering	2	9556**	7449**	105,568**	3725**	70^ns	2^ns	175**	90**	74,379**
Bacteria	3	559**	381**	5682**	6^ns	1883**	140**	7^ns	121**	61,139**
Wheat cv	1	55^ns	5151**	24,793**	379**	350**	25**	3037**	191**	462,544**
Watering × Bacteria	6	69^ns	37^ns	1463**	56**	317**	22**	10^ns	17^ns	49,301**
Wheat cv. × Watering	2	441**	1738**	13,546**	279**	63^ns	8**	467**	6^ns	8557**
Bacteria × Wheat cv	3	139**	25^ns	272**	39*	2102**	8*	10^ns	20^ns	43,885**
Bacteria × Wheat cv. × Watering	6	30^ns	130**	221**	12^ns	369**	13*	26^ns	14^ns	23,515**
⁺CV (%)		9.3	6.3	2.6	17.8	11.9	21.6	23	18.1	4.8

RWC relative water content, MSI membrane stability index, MDA malondialdehyde, H₂O₂ hydrogen peroxide, SOD superoxide dismutase, CAT catalase, APX ascorbate peroxidase, GPX guaiacol peroxidase, GST glutathione-S-transferase, CV cofficient of variation
Asterisks indicate significant differences according to ANOVA at the levels of p < 0.05* and p < 0.01**

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