Table 1.
Variable | Inoculation | Pot combination |
ANOVA |
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WT/WT | WT/RMC | RMC/RMC | Pot | Inoculation | H × I | ||
Substrate | |||||||
Total dry porosity [cm3 cm-3] | NM | 0.56 ± 0.02 | 0.54 ± 0.01 | 0.56 ± 0.01 | 0.516 | 0.026 | 0.727 |
AM | 0.53 ± 0.01 | 0.53 ± 0.01 | 0.53 ± 0.01 | ||||
ΘSAT [cm3 cm-3] | NM | 0.50 ± 0.01 | 0.49 ± 0.01 | 0.50 ± 0.01 | 0.652 | 0.031 | 0.885 |
AM | 0.47 ± 0.01 | 0.48 ± 0.01 | 0.49 ± 0.01 | ||||
Air filled porosity [cm3 cm-3] | NM | 0.06 ± 0.02 | 0.05 ± 0.01 | 0.06 ± 0.01 | 0.784 | 0.698 | 0.906 |
AM | 0.06 ± 0.02 | 0.05 ± 0.01 | 0.05 ± 0.01 | ||||
KSAT [log10 cm d-1] | NM | 2.00 ± 0.06 | 2.01 ± 0.19 | 2.14 ± 0.19 | 0.414 | 0.856 | 0.443 |
AM | 1.91 ± 0.09 | 2.23 ± 0.12 | 2.07 ± 0.08 | ||||
BRSP [mg cm-3] | NM | 0.38 ± 0.08 | 0.42 ± 0.06 | 0.43 ± 0.05 | 0.771 | 0.258 | 0.204 |
AM | 0.47 ± 0.09 | 0.46 ± 0.06 | 0.40 ± 0.04 | ||||
Plant | |||||||
Plant dry weight [g] | NM | 148 ± 3.94 | 149 ± 8.35 | 159 ± 6.13 | 0.913 | 0.822 | 0.455 |
AM | 151 ± 10.4 | 154 ± 4.88 | 147 ± 8.09 | ||||
Root dry weight [g] | NM | 37.5 ± 3.22 | 36.4 ± 4.41 | 45.9 ± 6.22 | 0.911 | 0.837 | 0.204 |
AM | 40.1 ± 5.15 | 42.0 ± 4.38 | 35.5 ± 3.30 | ||||
Shoot phosphorus [% DW] | NM | 0.28 ± 0.01 | 0.27 ± 0.02 | 0.26 ± 0.01 | 0.619 | 0.206 | 0.849 |
AM | 0.25 ± 0.02 | 0.26 ± 0.01 | 0.25 ± 0.01 |
ΘSAT and KSAT denote the saturated water content and conductivity, respectively. Means (±SE) and significant P-values are highlighted in bold (two way ANOVA, α = 0.05, n = 4).