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 5 Statistical characteristics of root length (in cm) and GIα index

	N		Mean	Std. dev	Min	Max	Q1	Median	Q3
Root length (cm)
*Phase 1*
AAP	18	*(ab)*	0.046	0.018	0.026	0.076	0.031	0.042	0.059
HM	18	*(c)*	0.760	0.457	0.023	1.238	0.524	0.900	1.166
MS	18	*(a)*	0.014	0.015	0.001	0.037	0.001	0.011	0.023
SH	18	*(c)*	0.945	0.445	0.021	1.361	0.977	1.020	1.260
SIS	18	*(bc)*	0.804	0.366	0.024	1.103	0.821	0.952	1.003
*Phase 2*
AAP	12	*(c)*	1.589	0.429	0.902	2.230	1.193	1.692	1.884
HM	12	*(ab)*	0.931	0.145	0.647	1.126	0.838	0.962	1.006
MS	12	*(a)*	0.598	0.214	0.123	0.815	0.492	0.627	0.760
SH	12	*(c)*	1.463	0.126	1.205	1.642	1.390	1.472	1.542
SIS	12	*(bc)*	1.129	0.060	1.001	1.182	1.120	1.146	1.171
*Phase 1*
AAP	18	*(ab)*	1.689	0.652	0.968	2.961	1.169	1.513	2.113
HM	18	*(c)*	28.448	17.230	1.000	48.326	19.909	34.528	45.627
MS	18	*(a)*	0.400	0.545	0.003	1.767	0.043	0.063	1.000
SH	18	*(c)*	32.214	15.799	1.000	47.962	31.046	34.069	45.972
SIS	18	*(bc)*	26.895	12.681	1.000	41.166	26.838	30.670	33.278
GI(Root)
*Phase 2*
AAP	12	*(c)*	58.231	15.647	35.384	79.367	42.447	60.085	71.989
HM	12	*(b)*	34.554	5.843	27.350	42.970	30.077	33.129	40.413
MS	12	*(b)*	19.002	14.427	0.332	38.481	2.133	22.246	30.778
SH	12	*(ac)*	50.678	12.300	36.036	72.175	38.402	51.024	60.149
SIS	12	*(ab)*	37.990	6.599	31.698	48.253	33.605	35.134	44.788

Significant differences between the groups are indicated by distinct letters and were found through a Kruskal-Wallis analysis combined with a Dun post-test (p < 0.05)

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