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. 2023 Nov 29;8(12):2277–2289. doi: 10.1038/s41564-023-01520-w

Fig. 5. Relative importance of the most important predictors of MGR.

Fig. 5

Predictors are displayed on the y axis. The combined relative importance of soil parameters and sOTUs associated with low and high MGR is summarized in grey bars. A higher value of a predictor in blue is associated with a higher MGR, while a higher value of a predictor in red is associated with a lower MGR. The genus identity of the OTUs is given in brackets. a, Full model with 15 soil parameters, 13 soil fungal OTUs and year. The growth responses of maize to mycorrhizal inoculation were best predicted by the soil fungi that were present in the fields (53%) and to a lower degree by the soil parameters (29%). b, Reduced model with the top 10 predictors. c, Soil fungal model. F-test: ***P < 0.001, **P = 0.001–0.01, *P = 0.01–0.05, ‘.’P = 0.05–0.1.