Table 3.
PDI values for two Bradyrhizobium fitness components
|
Fitness component |
L. bicolor
|
A. strigosus
|
Difference |
||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean PDI | LCL | UCL | Mean PDI | LCL | UCL | Diff PDI | LCL | UCL | |
| Nodule area* |
0.217 |
0.189 |
0.246 |
0.228 |
0.186 |
0.271 |
0.102 |
-0.034 |
0.056 |
| Nodule number† | 0.672 | 0.605 | 0.739 | 1.067 | 0.832 | 1.302 | 0.395 | 0.183 | 0.607 |
*Natural log transformed.
†Square-root transformed.
For each statistic, LCL = lower 95% confidence limit and UCL = upper 95% confidence limit; Diff PDI = PDI difference between species. Variables that differed significantly between hosts are in bold face.