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. 2024 Jun 18;12(1):coae037. doi: 10.1093/conphys/coae037

Table 2.

Plant biomass, partitioned into leaf, stem, root, total biomass, as well as leaf mass ratio and root mass ratio, for plants grown in well-watered and drought conditions, without (−) and with (+) inoculation treatments

Leaf mass (g) Stem mass (g) Root mass (g) Total biomass (g) Leaf mass ratio Root mass ratio
Well-watered Drought Well-watered Drought Well-watered Drought Well-watered Drought Well-watered Drought Well-watered Drought
A. pulchella (n = 5) 2.55 ± 0.30 1.67 ± 0.15 4.39 ± 0.51ab 3.48 ± 0.14b 3.11 ± 0.31 4.52 ± 0.66 10.04 ± 0.98 9.66 ± 0.83 0.25 ± 0.05a 0.17 ± 0.02b 0.31 ± 0.02b 0.46 ± 0.03a
+ 3.09 ± 0.56 1.97 ± 0.24 6.59 ± 0.89a 4.18 ± 0.55b 4.45 ± 0.86 3.08 ± 0.45 14.13 ± 2.12 9.23 ± 0.94 0.22 ± 0.02ab 0.21 ± 0.02ab 0.31 ± 0.03b 0.33 ± 0.03b
A. cygnorum (n = 5) 4.81 ± 0.55 5.14 ± 0.76 3.98 ± 0.56 3.92 ± 0.77 8.38 ± 1.04a 8.07 ± 0.66ab 17.17 ± 1.11 17.13 ± 1.03 0.28 ± 0.03 0.30 ± 0.04 0.49 ± 0.06 0.47 ± 0.02
+ 5.51 ± 0.35 5.76 ± 0.72 4.64 ± 0.43 4.38 ± 0.53 12.43 ± 1.67ab 6.32 ± 0.66b 22.58 ± 1.97 16.46 ± 1.31 0.25 ± 0.03 0.35 ± 0.02 0.54 ± 0.04 0.39 ± 0.04
A. fraseriana (n = 5) 5.26 ± 0.97 4.38 ± 0.45 4.66 ± 0.80 4.91 ± 0.59 8.69 ± 1.67ab 5.30 ± 0.58b 16.77 ± 2.91 14.59 ± 1.50 0.29 ± 0.03ab 0.30 ± 0.02ab 0.46 ± 0.03a 0.36 ± 0.01b
+ 5.24 ± 0.49 5.58 ± 0.42 4.49 ± 1.17 4.56 ± 0.45 11.49 ± 1.29a 5.24 ± 0.65b 21.22 ± 2.10 15.38 ± 1.33 0.25 ± 0.03b 0.36 ± 0.01a 0.54 ± 0.02a 0.34 ± 0.02b
A. manglesii (n = 5) 3.18 ± 0.12 2.89 ± 0.25 5.84 ± 0.62a 4.52 ± 0.25b 9.02 ± 0.68 7.40 ± 0.30 0.36 ± 0.02a 0.39 ± 0.03a 0.64 ± 0.02b 0.61 ± 0.03b
+ 2.76 ± 0.24 2.67 ± 0.30 8.96 ± 1.10b 5.86 ± 0.47b 11.72 ± 1.21 8.53 ± 0.72 0.24 ± 0.02b 0.31 ± 0.01ab 0.76 ± 0.02a 0.69 ± 0.01ab
B. attenuata (n = 5) 3.95 ± 0.36 4.28 ± 0.35 0.97 ± 0.14 0.97 ± 0.13 11.76 ± 1.79 10.58 ± 0.53 16.68 ± 2.10 15.83 ± 0.76 0.27 ± 0.01 0.25 ± 0.03 0.70 ± 0.02 0.67 ± 0.02
+ 4.43 ± 0.43 4.33 ± 0.37 1.23 ± 0.16 1.30 ± 0.28 11.23 ± 2.24 14.08 ± 1.84 16.89 ± 2.53 19.70 ± 2.30 0.23 ± 0.02 0.24 ± 0.02 0.69 ± 0.02 0.71 ± 0.02
B. menziesii (n = 5) 4.79 ± 0.71 3.51 ± 0.35 0.95 ± 0.10 0.78 ± 0.11 25.77 ± 2.45a 12.69 ± 2.83b 31.51 ± 2.94 16.98 ± 2.80 0.15 ± 0.01 0.23 ± 0.05 0.82 ± 0.01 0.72 ± 0.05
+ 4.57 ± 0.31 4.89 ± 0.48 0.94 ± 0.09 0.99 ± 0.06 24.23 ± 2.97a 17.54 ± 2.58ab 29.75 ± 2.79 23.42 ± 2.87 0.16 ± 0.02 0.22 ± 0.02 0.80 ± 0.03 0.74 ± 0.03
E. todtiana (n = 6) 2.95 ± 0.17 3.19 ± 0.23 1.30 ± 0.14 1.48 ± 0.20 5.33 ± 0.70 5.63 ± 0.29 9.57 ± 0.77 10.50 ± 0.56 0.31 ± 0.02 0.30 ± 0.02 0.55 ± 0.03 0.54 ± 0.01
+ 2.82 ± 0.22 2.90 ± 0.52 1.39 ± 0.18 1.31 ± 0.18 6.76 ± 0.73 5.57 ± 0.50 11.32 ± 0.94 10.19 ± 1.00 0.25 ± 0.02 0.28 ± 0.03 0.59 ± 0.02 0.55 ± 0.03
H. subvaginata (n = 4) 2.31 ± 0.32 3.84 ± 0.22 1.36 ± 0.19 2.15 ± 0.26 3.81 ± 0.33 4.59 ± 0.65 7.48 ± 0.70 10.58 ± 0.89 0.31 ± 0.02 0.37 ± 0.03 0.51 ± 0.03 0.43 ± 0.03
+ 3.61 ± 0.63 2.94 ± 0.12 2.30 ± 0.31 1.97 ± 0.27 4.62 ± 0.29 4.63 ± 0.61 10.52 ± 0.48 9.55 ± 0.56 0.34 ± 0.04 0.31 ± 0.01 0.44 ± 0.03 0.48 ± 0.04
J. floribunda (n = 3) 2.92 ± 0.12 3.26 ± 0.94 1.16 ± 0.28 0.59 ± 0.12 11.51 ± 3.57 8.54 ± 4.9 19.68 ± 3.63 16.24 ± 6.91 0.16 ± 0.03 0.22 ± 0.03 0.56 ± 0.08 0.47 ± 0.08
+ 1.76 ± 0.53 2.65 ± 0.62 0.96 ± 0.41 0.42 ± 0.11 11.24 ± 5.09 7.47 ± 4.40 16.68 ± 3.71 13.60 ± 5.84 0.13 ± 0.05 0.23 ± 0.04 0.61 ± 0.14 0.47 ± 0.10
K. glabrescens (n = 5) 2.96 ± 0.18 3.53 ± 0.36 1.69 ± 0.13 1.77 ± 0.08 8.19 ± 2.12a 3.29 ± 0.40b 12.84 ± 2.34 8.59 ± 0.79 0.25 ± 0.03c 0.41 ± 0.01a 0.60 ± 0.05a 0.38 ± 0.02c
+ 3.24 ± 0.27 3.15 ± 0.27 1.55 ± 0.09 1.46 ± 0.15 6.72 ± 0.99a 3.82 ± 0.38ab 11.51 ± 1.21 8.42 ± 0.76 0.29 ± 0.02bc 0.38 ± 0.01ab 0.58 ± 0.03ab 0.45 ± 0.01bc

Values presented are mean ± standard error. Different letters indicate significant differences between treatments within species at P < 0.05 (from ANOVA with post hoc Tukey’s HSD test). A. manglesii is a perennial herb without true stems; hence, no values are reported for stem mass.