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. 2017 Jan 17;83(3):e02179-16. doi: 10.1128/AEM.02179-16

TABLE 3.

Treatments for greenhouse incubations used in the fractional factorial design experiments (first phase experiments), which were combinations of independent factorsa

Treatment Watering Light Nutrient(s) Inoculum Calcium Metals
1 + + P+N M + +
2 + + N S +
3 + N M +
4 + + P M
5 + P S + +
6 N M +
7 P+N S
8 + P S +
9 + P M +
10 + P M
11 + P+N M + +
12 + + N S +
13 + P+N S
14 P+N S
15 + N S +
16 P S + +
17 + + P+N M + +
18 N M +
a

P, addition of phosphorus; N, addition of nitrogen; M, mosaic-like inoculum; S, slurry-like inoculum; high (+) or low (−) watering; ambient (+) or shaded (−) illumination; and additions (+) or not (−) of calcium and metals.