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Table 3 Linear regression analyses of colony counts (y) and levels (x) of dissolved oxygen reduction from that in the control Hoagland’s solution by Phytophthora species and exposure time z

From: Oxygen stress reduces zoospore survival of Phytophthora species in a simulated aquatic system

Species

Exposure (h)

Intercept ( a)

Slope ( b)

P

P. megasperma

0 (10 min)

18.2

-1.0

0.0936

 

2

11.3

-0.2

0.6267

 

4

9.9

-0.8

0.0104

 

8

7.4

-0.3

0.2903

 

24

8.4

-0.7

0.0292

 

48

7.6

-0.9

0.0015

 

72

4.5

-0.3

0.0724

P. nicotianae

0

7.8

0.8

0.1067

 

2

25.0

-1.2

0.0548

 

4

28.5

-2.6

0.0008

 

8

12.3

-0.4

0.4421

 

24

5.1

-0.2

0.4100

 

48

3.6

0.0

0.8670

 

72

2.2

0.1

0.3973

P. pini

0

9.1

0.4

0.2462

 

2

32.6

-0.3

0.6893

 

4

37.2

-2.1

0.0002

 

8

20.8

-1.3

< 0.0001

 

24

14.4

-0.8

0.0034

 

48

7.4

-0.3

0.2382

 

72

8.3

-0.5

0.0313

P. tropicalis

0

27.8

-1.8

0.0156

 

2

31.4

-1.3

0.0749

 

4

29.7

-0.3

0.6712

 

8

22.5

-0.1

0.8042

 

24

7.8

-0.3

0.1730

 

48

0.7

0.4

0.0008

 

72

0.4

0.2

0.0079

  1. zLinear model: y = a + bx, in which x = 5.3 - meter readings of dissolved oxygen in the Hoagland’s solutions after being bubbled with pure nitrogen, so 0 ≤ x ≤ 5.3 mg L-1.