Table 2 Mycorrhizal structures on sorghum plants inoculated with rhizosphere soil from seedlings and mature mahogany trees
Original values | Transformed values | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Variables\development stage | Trees | Seedlings | Trees | Seedlings |
Spore number in sorghum | 295.0 ± 4.40a | 132.3 ± 4.39b | ||
Total colonization | 53.3 ± 2.01a | 41.5 ± 2.01b | 51.4 ± 0.03a | 40.6 ± 0.03b |
% Arbuscules | 26.3 ± 1.88a | 17.6 ± 1.88b | 24.6 ± 0.06a | 14.1 ± 0.06b |
% Vesicles | 11.3 ± 1.01a | 13.23 ± 1.01a | 10.6 ± 0.02a | 11.8 ± 0.02a |
% Hyphae | 26.5 ± 1.40a | 14.6 ± 1.40b | 22.6 ± 0.02a | 14.21 ± 0.02b |
% Endophytes | 6.09 ± 0.93a | 5.5 ± 0.93a | 5.2 ± 0.05a | 4.12 ± 0.05a |
Spore number in natural soil | 152.8 ± 3.23a | 87.3 ± 3.23b | ||