Table 6. Two commercial species of purple flesh yams (Dioscorea spp.) were inoculated with six species of AMF.
Flavonoid content of methanolic extracts from two species of purple flesh yams (Dioscorea spp.) flour inoculated with six species of AMF.
| Flavonoid content of yams methanolic extract (mg/g) | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AMF species | Zihyuxieshu | Tainung 5 | ||||||||
| Tuber flesh | Increased rate (%) | Tuber peels | Increased rate (%) | Peels/Flesh ratio | Tuber flesh | Increased rate (%) | Tuber peels | Increased rate (%) | Peels/Flesh ratio | |
| Gc | 5.0c* | 0.5 | 11.5a | 9.1 | 2.3 | 4.8c | 10.4 | 8.3e | −13.0 | 1.7 |
| Ge | 6.0b | 22.1 | 10.5b | −0.8 | 1.7 | 4.8c | 8.8 | 10.0c | 4.5 | 2.1 |
| Gf | 5.0c | 0.7 | 9.3d | −12.1 | 1.9 | 5.3b | 21.4 | 10.4b | 9.6 | 2.0 |
| Gg | 5.0c | 0.8 | 10.4b | −1.8 | 2.0 | 5.7a | 29.8 | 9.6d | 0.8 | 1.7 |
| Gm | 6.5a | 31.4 | 11.8a | 11.9 | 1.8 | 4.4d | 0.8 | 10.9a | 14.4 | 2.5 |
| Asp | 4.9c | −0.7 | 9.7c | −7.5 | 2.0 | 5.2b | 18.6 | 10.1c | 6.2 | 2.0 |
| Control | 4.9c | 10.5b | 2.1 | 4.4d | 9.5d | 2.2 | ||||
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, n = 3.