SOURCE Degrees of Freedom SS MSS Fc values Individual X1 4 1.9065 0.476625 76.875** X2 4 13.366 3.3415 538.95** X3 4 0.3019 .07547 12.17** Linear X1, X2, X3 3 15.3756 5.1252 826.6** Quadratic (X1)2, (X2)2, (X3)2 3 0.147 0.049 7.9** Interactive (X1X2), (X2X3), (X1X3) 3 0.0259 0.000863 0.139 F (4,17,0.01) = 4.67, F(4,17,0.05) = 2.97, F(3,17,0.01) = 5.19, F(3,17. 0.05) =3.20 Significant at: **F<0.01 *F<0.05

Table 6: ANOVA for total effect of individual parameter, linear, interactive and square terms on Rehydration ratio for different samples.