Table 2. Contents of macro- and microelements in faba bean grown in pure stand or in mixture in the absence (–myc) or presence (+myc) of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi.
Cs, cropping system (pure stand, mixture); M, absence or presence of AMF.
| Pure stand | Mixture | Cs | M | Cs × M | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| -myc | +myc | -myc | +myc | |||||
| N | g kg-1 | 20.5 | 21.6 | 19.2 | 19.0 | ** | ns | ns |
| K | g kg-1 | 20.0 | 20.7 | 26.6 | 25.6 | *** | ns | ns |
| Ca | g kg-1 | 35.8 | 33.6 | 29.6 | 31.4 | ns | ns | ns |
| Mg | g kg-1 | 4.43 | 4.49 | 3.44 | 3.61 | ** | ns | ns |
| Na | g kg-1 | 2.79 | 3.11 | 2.75 | 2.46 | ns | ns | ns |
| Fe | mg kg-1 | 328 | 296 | 259 | 262 | ns | ns | ns |
| Mn | mg kg-1 | 97.4 | 93.8 | 76.9 | 96.9 | ns | ns | ns |
| Zn | mg kg-1 | 39.1 | 37.8 | 30.4 | 30.3 | * | ns | ns |
| Mo | mg kg-1 | 19.6 | 18.1 | 15.9 | 16.1 | * | ns | ns |
| Ni | mg kg-1 | 2.57 | 4.14 | 2.34 | 3.01 | ns | ns | ns |
| Cu | mg kg-1 | 6.64 | 7.63 | 6.21 | 6.54 | ns | ns | ns |
Data are means of 5 replicates.
*, ** and *** indicate significant differences at P ≤ 0.05, 0.01 and 0.001, respectively; ns indicates differences not significant.