| Sources of variance | Severity of damage | Root | Seedling | Total weight | |||
| Length | Weight | Length | Weight | Fresh | Dry | ||
| Blocks | 21.90** | 6122.47** | 5.46** | 10357.58* | 9.51** | 12.71** | 0.87** |
| Inocula (In) | 23.77** | 1142.36** | 12.03** | 671.18** | 8.63** | 39.45** | 0.21** |
| Maize populations (Po) | 0.24* | 174.33** | 1.61** | 251.17** | 3.46** | 8.70** | 0.21** |
| In-x-Po | 0.14ns | 48.67ns | 0.23ns | 18.64ns | 0.23ns | 0.71ns | 0.03* |
| Error | 0.17 | 62.40 | 0.30 | 24.08 | 0.27 | 0.91 | 0.03 |
| Coeff. of variation (%) | 24.0 | 33.0 | 38.0 | 22.0 | 30.0 | 30.0 | 41.0 |