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 | + | − |
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.