Table 1. The mycorrhizal formation rate (%) of Dioscorea spp. after inoculation with six species of AMF for six weeks.

The mycorrhizal formation rates of the various AMF species were calculated by using the percentage of the root segments that were colonized by AMF. n = 30.

Mycorrhizal formation rate (%)
AMF species	Tainung 1	Tainung 2	Ercih	Zihyuxieshu	Tainung 5
Gc	66.7 ± 2.3	73.3 ± 2.1	86.7 ± 1.5	66.7 ± 2.1	73.7 ± 1.5
Ge	86.7 ± 1.5	83.3 ± 1.2	86.7 ± 1.2	88.3 ± 0.6	80.7 ± 2.0
Gf	73.3 ± 1.5	90.0 ± 1.7	80.0 ± 2.0	86.7 ± 1.5	76.7 ± 2.3
Gg	76.7 ± 2.5	83.3 ± 0.6	73.3 ± 1.5	80.3 ± 1.7	86.7 ± 1.5
Gm	90.0 ± 1.7	86.7 ± 2.3	66.7 ± 2.1	86.7 ± 1.5	63.3 ± 1.5
Asp	86.7 ± 1.5	70.0 ± 2.0	86.7 ± 1.5	86.7 ± 0.6	73.3 ± 1.2
Control	6.7 ± 0.6	6.7 ± 0.6	13.3 ± 0.6	10.0 ± 1.0	13.3 ± 0.6

Notes.

AMF species

Gc

Glomus clarum

Ge

G. etunicatum

Gf

G. fasciculatum

Gg

Gigaspora sp.

Gm

G. mosseae

Asp

Acaulospora sp