Table 2. Five commercial species of yams (Dioscorea spp.) were inoculated with six species of AMF.
Comparison of tuber weight of Dioscorea spp. after 8 mo inoculation with AMF species, as indicated, compared to control (not inoculated).
| Tuber weight (g/plant) | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AMF species | Tainung 1 | Tainung 2 | Ercih | Zihyuxieshu | Tainung 5 | |||||
| Tuber weight | Increased rate (%) | Tuber weight | Increased rate (%) | Tuber weight | Increased rate (%) | Tuber weight | Increased rate (%) | Tuber weight | Increased rate (%) | |
| Gc | 1,930ab* | 32.3 | 2,120b | 29.5 | 1,780ab | 13.3 | 1,840ab | 59.4 | 1,220a | 59.7 |
| Ge | 2,040a | 39.5 | 2,210ab | 35.0 | 1,890a | 20.4 | 1,810ab | 56.5 | 1,070ab | 40.1 |
| Gf | 1,710bcd | 17.3 | 2,480a | 51.5 | 1,690ab | 8.0 | 1,540bc | 33.3 | 870b | 13.9 |
| Gg | 1,540cd | 5.3 | 2,160ab | 31.9 | 1,430b | −8.5 | 2,000a | 73.5 | 1,040ab | 36.4 |
| Gm | 1,750bc | 20.1 | 2,370ab | 44.8 | 1,840a | 17.3 | 1,220cd | 5.9 | 980ab | 28.3 |
| Asp | 1,490d | 1.9 | 1,610c | −1.8 | 1,620ab | 3.2 | 1,140d | −1.4 | 820b | 7.1 |
| Control | 1,460d | 1,640c | 1,570ab | 1,150d | 760b | |||||
Notes.
AMF species
- Gc
- Glomus clarum
- Ge
- G. etunicatum
- Gf
- G. fasciculatum
- Gg
- Gigaspora sp.
- Gm
- G. mosseae
- Asp
- Acaulospora sp
*
Columns with a different letter on are significantly different at P < 0.05, n = 5.