TABLE 4.

Pearson correlations between soil respiration (CO₂ production) and hyphal

Fungus	Treatmenta	Expt	No. of data	Correlation coefficientb (r)
C. globosum	ACG	1	8	0.954*
	Glucose	1	8	0.877*
	TSB	1	8	0.126
	Microwave	1	8	0.355
	Microwave	2	7	0.967*
	Inoculation	2	7	0.782*
	All	2	25	0.607*
F. culmorum	ACG	1	8	0.032
	Glucose	1	8	0.534
	TSB	1	8	0.640
	Microwave	1	8	0.761*
	Microwave	2	7	0.985*
	Inoculation	2	7	0.741
	All	2	25	0.747*
F. oxysporum	Microwave	2	7	0.789*
	Inoculation	2	7	0.826*
	All	2	25	0.785*
T. harzianum	Microwave	2	7	0.865*
	Inoculation	2	7	0.968*
	All	2	25	0.609*

^aACG, acetylglucosamine addition; TSB, tryptic soy broth addition.

^b*, significant correlation at P < 0.05.