Table 2.
Effect of salinity stress (250 mM NaCl) on ash content, total lipids, lignin, tannin, and fiber content (neutral detergent fiber (NDF) and acid detergent fiber (ADF)) in Acacia gerrardii with and without arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) and Bacillus subtilis (Bs). Data presented are the means ± SE (n = 5).
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| Ash content (%) | Total lipid content (%) | Lignin | Tannin | Fiber content (%) | |||
| ADF | NDF | ||||||
| Control | Control | 45.0 | 2.75 | 46.9 | 1.65 | 119.7 | 277.0 |
| Bs | 32.3 | 3.52 | 40.6 | 1.98 | 145.7 | 299.4 | |
| AMF | 36.6 | 2.90 | 52.4 | 1.75 | 132.8 | 282.0 | |
| AMF + Bs | 30.6 | 3.53 | 49.6 | 2.26 | 154.5 | 310.7 | |
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| 250 mM NaCl | Control | 63.1 | 0.95 | 81.0 | 5.97 | 148.9 | 149.1 |
| Bs | 50.1 | 1.93 | 61.7 | 3.14 | 212.9 | 213.6 | |
| AMF | 57.2 | 1.37 | 77.5 | 4.01 | 192.4 | 194.2 | |
| AMF + Bs | 48.6 | 2.23 | 71.6 | 2.79 | 221.1 | 219.4 | |
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| LSD at 0.05% | 1.62 | 0.08 | 1.56 | 0.16 | 2.38 | 4.11 | |
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| Coefficient of variance | 4.136 | 4.311 | 2.997 | 6.305 | 1.659 | 1.955 | |