. 2018 May 8;13(5):e0196984. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0196984

Table 2. Number of leaves, fresh and dry shoot masses, largest root length and relative growth rate (RGR) of Red Araza plants (Psidium cattleianum) in different phases of ectomycorrhizal fungi inoculation and without inoculation.

	Number of leaves/plant
Treatment	35^th day	70^th day	110^th day	Average
Control	3.89 ± 0.42 bA	6.67 ± 0.74 aA	7.89 ± 1.46 aA	6.15
D17	4.87 ± 0.66 aA	6.00 ± 0.75 aA	6.60 ± 1.48 aA	5.82
UFSC-Sc133	2.71 ± 0.82 bA	6.00 ± 1.43 aA	7.33 ± 1.04 aA	5.35
Average	3.82	6.22	7.27
	Fresh shoot mass (mg)
Treatment	35^th day	70^th day	110^th day	Average
Control	0.394 ± 0.011	0.733 ± 0.031	0.985 ± 0.048	0.704 A
D17	0.283 ± 0.005	0.290 ± 0.005	0.525 ± 0.020	0.366 B
UFSC-Sc133	0.180 ± 0.004	0.249 ± 0.010	0.553 ± 0.012	0.328 B
Average	0.286b	0.424b	0.687a
	Dry shoot mass (mg)¹
Treatment	35^th day	70^th day	110^th day	Average
Control	0.009 ± 0.002	0.018 ± 0.009	0.023 ± 0.011	0.017 A
D17	0.008 ± 0.001	0.010 ± 0.002	0.017 ± 0.006	0.011 AB
UFSC-Sc133	0.007 ± 0.002	0.008 ± 0.002	0.012 ± 0.003	0.009 B
Average	0.008 b	0.012b	0.018 a
	Largest root length (mm)
Treatment	35^th day	70^th day	110^th day	Average
Control	23.33 ± 5.70	29.44 ± 12.40	32.11 ± 9.24	28.29^ns
D17	18.25 ± 4.63	23.50 ± 5.13	27.00 ± 5.40	22.92^ns
UFSC-Sc133	14.86 ± 6.37	23.71 ± 4.61	36.56 ± 13.83	25.04^ns
Average	18.81 b	25.55 ab	31.89 a
	Relative growth rate (mm mm^-1 day^-1)²
Treatment	35^th day	70^th day	110^th day	Average
Control	0.013 ± 0.006 aA	0.011 ± 0.003 aA	0.009 ± 0.002 aA	0.011
D17	0.017 ± 0.004 aA	0.008 ± 0.002 bA	0.006 ± 0.002 bA	0.010
UFSC-Sc133	0.008 ± 0.006 aB	0.006 ± 0.001 aA	0.006 ± 0.002 aA	0.007
Average	0.0127	0.0082	0.0071

The data are means of at least eight plants ± SD. D17: Pisolithus microcarpus; UFSC-Sc133: Scleroderma citrinum. For each variable, recorded values appended by the same letter, lower case within a row and upper case within a column, do not differ statistically from each other according to the Tukey test (P < 0.05). ^ns Not significant.

¹Original values are shown; for statistical analyses, the values were transformed by ((x^-0.104205)-1)/(0.104205)

²Original values are shown; for statistical analyses, the values were transformed by ((x^-0.252942)-1)/(0.252942).