Variations in morphological traits of bermudagrass and relationship with soil and climate along latitudinal gradients

Table 4 Morphological traits of the bermudagrass for each site along a latitudinal gradient used in analysis of variance (ANOVA)

Traits	Source of variation	Sum of squares	df	F	P-Value
Leaf length of erect shoots	Among sites	49,676.968	15	7.669	0.000
	Within sites	126,959.6	294
	Total	176,636.568	309
Leaf width of erect shoots	Among sites	13.256	15	4.098	0.000
	Within sites	63.401	294
	Total	76.657	309
Internode length of erect shoots	Among sites	15,168.084	15	8.711	0.000
	Within sites	34,129.559	294
	Total	49,297.644	309
Diameter of erect shoots	Among sites	2.523	15	4.556	0.000
	Within sites	10.852	294
	Total	13.375	309
Leaf length of stolon	Among sites	92,917.8	15	9.562	0.000
	Within sites	190,451.495	294
	Total	283,369.295	309
Leaf width of stolon	Among sites	18.252	15	5.462	0.000
	Within sites	65.496	294
	Total	83.748	309
Internode length of stolon	Among sites	30,016.446	15	4.8	0.000
	Within sites	122,555.695	294
	Total	152,572.141	309
Diameter of stolon	Among sites	2.209	15	2.795	0.000
	Within sites	15.491	294
	Total	17.7	309
Turf height	Among sites	6810.65	15	14.538	0.000
	Within sites	9182.288	294
	Total	15,992.938	309
Reproductive branch height	Among sites	6688.848	15	10.975	0.000
	Within sites	11,945.886	294
	Total	18,634.735	309

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