Characterization of the physico-chemical properties of the natural habitat and in vitro culture effects on the biochemistry, proliferation and morphology of Lemna minuta

Table 4 Statistical characteristics of GIα(F) and RGRα(N) indices

	N		Mean	Std. dev	Min	Max	Q1	Median	Q3
GIα(F)
*Phase 1*
AAP	18	*(ab)*	1.899	0.877	1.000	3.763	1.125	1.625	2.550
HM	18	*(a)*	1.423	0.522	1.000	2.588	1.125	1.231	1.400
MS	18	*(b)*	3.773	2.697	1.000	8.975	1.400	2.806	5.950
SH	18	*(b)*	3.391	2.355	1.000	7.613	1.388	2.563	5.475
SIS	18	*(ab)*	1.993	1.199	1.000	4.763	1.225	1.456	2.563
*Phase 2*
AAP	12	*(a)*	6.523	1.153	4.938	8.188	5.425	6.531	7.494
HM	12	*(a)*	6.681	2.073	3.475	10.188	5.156	6.644	8.281
MS	12	*(b)*	17.754	4.404	11.638	23.850	13.494	18.063	21.463
SH	12	*(b)*	17.714	5.181	10.300	24.850	13.475	17.425	22.263
SIS	12	*(a)*	6.873	1.121	5.138	8.750	6.013	6.969	7.663
RGRα(N)
*Phase 1*
AAP	15	*(a)*	0.063	0.016	0.036	0.082	0.043	0.068	0.078
HM	15	*(a)*	0.035	0.010	0.021	0.050	0.028	0.033	0.047
MS	15	*(b)*	0.132	0.030	0.078	0.200	0.109	0.126	0.149
SH	15	*(b)*	0.122	0.017	0.091	0.144	0.107	0.126	0.136
SIS	15	*(a)*	0.063	0.015	0.037	0.082	0.050	0.065	0.078
*Phase 2*
AAP	12	*(a)*	0.065	0.002	0.062	0.069	0.063	0.066	0.067
HM	12	*(a)*	0.065	0.006	0.052	0.073	0.062	0.066	0.067
MS	12	*(b)*	0.100	0.004	0.095	0.108	0.097	0.100	0.104
SH	12	*(b)*	0.100	0.002	0.096	0.103	0.097	0.100	0.101
SIS	12	*(a)*	0.067	0.003	0.063	0.073	0.065	0.067	0.070

Significant differences among the groups are indicated by various letters, which were determined through a combination of Kruskal–Wallis analysis and Dun post-test (p < 0.05)

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