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Table 2.

The effects of water regime and mycorrhizal fungi inoculation on seed yield, oil concentration, total flavonoid concentration (TFC), total phenolic concentration (TPC), and radical scavenging activity (RSA) of two sesame cultivars.

Cultivar	Fungi	Seed yield (kg ha⁻¹)		Oil concentration (%)		TFC (mg g⁻¹)		TPC (mg g⁻¹)		RSA (mg g⁻¹)
Cultivar	Fungi	WW	WS	WW	WS	WW	WS	WW	WS	WW	WS
Yekta	F. mosseae	2786 ± 148^ed	1616 ± 80^ij	52 ± 2.57^a	47.4 ± 2.50^be	13.5 ± 1.10^i-k	19.9 ± 1.58^d-f	25.1 ± 1.88^g	46.7 ± 2.35^b	112 ± 8^ef	126 ± 8^ef
	R. irregularis	3510 ± 101^a	1530 ± 110^j	47.5 ± 2.3^ab	45 ± 2.26^cd	18.3 ± 1.67^e-g	24 ± 2.18^b	37.3 ± 2.40^de	47.4 ± 1.68^ab	136 ± 10^ef	138 ± 7^ef
	Cl. claroideum	2620 ± 105^c-e	1293 ± 111^k	47.9 ± 2.4^bc	36.3 ± 1.45^e	16.3 ± 1.44^gh	29.5 ± 2.66^a	30.2 ± 2.86^f	50.2 ± 0.96^a	110 ± 4^ef	244 ± 6.02^c
	G. fasciculatum	2590 ± 130^ef	1750 ± 125ⁱ	48.4 ± 3.4^b	34.4 ± 1.65^e-g	11.5 ± 0.98^kl	26.3 ± 1.89^b	24.1 ± 1.45^gh	49.2 ± 1.77^ab	107 ± 12^ef	142 ± 9^e
	Non-AMF-inoculated	2426 ± 87^f	1240 ± 58.6^k	42.9 ± 2.85^d	32.2 ± 1.60^f-h	10.2 ± 0.9^l	18.3 ± 1.25^e-g	19.1 ± 0.85ⁱ	40.7 ± 1.98^c	101 ± 12^f	106 ± 18.7^ef
Naz	F. mosseae	3220 ± 95^b	1640 ± 121^ij	50.2 ± 1.46^ab	37.2 ± 1.40^e	16.9 ± 2.15^gh	20.5 ± 0.56^de	36.2 ± 2.54^e	49.3 ± 1.27^ab	193 ± 8^d	289 ± 9^ab
	R. irregularis	2753 ± 105^c-e	1700 ± 110^ij	49.5 ± 2.3^ab	31.2 ± 1.76^gh	15.3 ± 1.59^hi	21.2 ± 1.34^cd	38.7 ± 2.42^ce	47.8 ± 2.08^ab	202 ± 9^d	284 ± 10^ab
	Cl. claroideum	2606 ± 120^d-f	1970 ± 161^h	43.5 ± 1.35^d	35.1 ± 1.20^ef	12.5 ± 0.96^j-i	23.7 ± 2.22^bc	29.1 ± 2.24^f	49.4 ± 1.44^ab	184 ± 7.50^d	320 ± 10^a
	G. fasciculatum	2800 ± 120^c	1560 ± 120^j	49.8 ± 2.1^ab	34.1 ± 1.20^e-g	15.1 ± 1.84^h-j	18.9 ± 1.46^d-g	28.6 ± 1.89^f	47.1 ± 2.44^ab	133 ± 6.45^cf	277 ± 10.5^bc
	Non-AMF-inoculated	2170 ± 100^g	1233 ± 110^k	34.7 ± 2.5^ef	30.4 ± 1.60^h	11.5 ± 0.87^kl	17.4 ± 1.18^f-h	21.2 ± 1.42^hi	39.5 ± 1.60^cd	128 ± 9.20^ef	190 ± 5^d

Source of variation	df	Seed yield, F.(P)	Oil concentration, F.(P)	TFC, F.(P)	TPC, F.(P)	RSA, F.(P)
Cultivar (C)	1	10.26 (0.042)*	8.55 (0.039)*	12.9 (0.001)**	10.9 (0.002)**	20.9 (0.000)**
Fungi (F)	4	14.4 (0.000)**	13.4 (0.000)**	8.63 (0.009)**	7.15 (0.009)**	15.4 (0.000)**
Irrigation (I)	1	12.7 (0.004)**	5.21 (0.001)**	10.2 (0.000)**	12.7 (0.002)**	12.5 (0.049)*
C × F	4	12.8 (0.001)**	7.50 (0.009)**	16.1 (0.003)**	12.4 (0.009)**	5.97 (0.003)**
C × I	1	10.96 (0.034)*	9.81 (0.009)**	13.6 (0.001)**	17.1 (0.001)**	8.71 (0.005)**
F × I	4	11.4 (0.009)**	17.2 (0.002)**	12.5 (0.000)**	18.4 (0.002)**	9.64 (0.001)**
C × F × I	4	13.1 (0.001)**	13.5 (0.003)**	18.8 (0.004)**	7.22 (0.032)*	6.71 (0.009)**
Error	36	–	–	–	–	–

Means followed by similar letters within each column do not express significant differences (LSD test).

WW, well-watered; WS, water stress.

*Indicates significant at P < 0.05 and. **indicates significant at P < 0.01. df, degree of freedom. F and P are the values of Fisher table and probability level, respectively.