Table 2.

Root dry weights of areca palms transplanted from containers or a field nursery with fertilizer applied at three locations and rates.

				Root dry weight (g)
				Experiment 1		Experiment 2
Significant effects	Transplant source	Fertilizer placement	Rate	Total roots	Top roots	Bottom roots	Total roots
		Container-grown	Backfill incorporation		6.23	5.23	13.31 a^{^z}	17.97 a
			Bottom of hole		5.09	5.58	8.06 b	13.65 ab
			Surface application		4.39	4.97	7.82 b	12.51 b
	Placement (P-value)				NS^{^y}	NS	0.038	0.05
				0	3.11	3.62 b	4.92 b	7.88 b
250				5.06	6.89 a	9.79 a	16.07 a
500				5.42	3.61 b	9.52 a	13.17 a
Rate (P-value)				NS	0.016	0.05	0.0083
	Field-grown	Backfill incorporation		14.07	8.61 ab	9.48	17.23 b
		Bottom of hole		13.46	12.79 a	11.02	23.74 a
		Surface application		11.10	5.48 b	8.68	14.15 b
Placement (P-value)					NS	0.04	NS	0.01
			0	0.38	5.65	4.11 b	9.75 b
			250	15.31	9.73	10.25 a	19.45 a
			500	10.67	8.32	9.23 a	17.45 a
Rate (P-value)			NS	NS	0.0046	0.033
Overall Effects (P-values)
Transplant source				0.0001	0.0012	NS	0.0058
Placement				NS	0.031	0.0001	0.0001
Rate				NS	0.033	NS	NS
Source × placement				NS	NS	0.028	0.012
Source × rate				NS	NS	NS	NS
Placement × rate				NS	NS	NS	0.034

↵^zMean separation within columns and fertilizer placement and rate groupings by the Waller-Duncan k-ratio method, P = 0.05.
↵^yNon-significant.