Table 1 Summary ANOVA results for leaf, shoot, root and seedling mass, separately for each date (N=60), and seedling height at the end of the first growing season (N=340), with preparation treatment, provenances, and interactions

Leaf mass

Date

Source

DF

DFDen ^*

F

P

27.08.04

treatment

4

44

10.35

0.0001

provenance

2

44

0.67

NS

treatment*provenance

8

44

1.76

NS

28.10.04

treatment

4

44

2.42

NS

provenance

2

44

0.31

NS

treatment*provenance

8

44

0.77

NS

19.10.05

treatment

4

44.07

3.98

0.0076

provenance

2

44.02

0.10

NS

treatment*provenance

8

44.02

1.26

NS

Shoot mass

27.08.04

treatment

4

44

8.73

0.0001

provenance

2

44

1.25

NS

treatment*provenance

8

44

1.03

NS

28.10.04

treatment

4

44

2.99

0.0289

provenance

2

44

0.01

NS

treatment*provenance

8

44

0.88

NS

19.10.05

treatment

4

44.05

6.47

0.0003

provenance

2

44.01

0.52

NS

treatment*provenance

8

44.01

0.76

NS

Root mass

19.10.05

treatment

4

44.03

5.12

0.0017

provenance

2

44.01

0.34

NS

treatment*provenance

8

44.01

1.64

NS

27.08.04

treatment

4

43.01

10.18

0.0001

provenance

2

43.01

0.96

NS

treatment*provenance

8

43.01

1.17

NS

28.10.04

treatment

4

44

5.28

0.0014

provenance

2

44

0.16

NS

treatment*provenance

8

44

0.99

NS

Seedling mass

19.10.05

treatment

4

44.03

5.57

0.0010

provenance

2

44.01

0.236

NS

treatment*provenance

8

44.01

1.433

NS

27.08.04

treatment

4

43.01

12.48

0.0001

provenance

2

43.01

0.88

NS

treatment*provenance

8

43.01

1.26

NS

28.10.04

treatment

4

44

4.28

0.0052

provenance

2

44

0.17

NS

treatment*provenance

8

44

0.89

NS

treatment

4

326.38

30.14

0.0001

provenance

2

326.49

0.95

NS

treatment*provenance

8

326.36

1.00

NS