Table 4.
Nodule occupancy (%) by different inoculant strains in 7 months old white clover plants, sown at two sites (Glencoe and Palo a Pique), and in two years (2015 and 2016), in primary root (PR), secondary roots (SR), roots formed from nodes of stolons (StR), and whole plant average (A).
| Palo a Pique | Glencoe | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PR | SR | StR | A | PR | SR | StR | A | |
| Inoculant | Sowing 2015 | |||||||
| 317 | 87 a∗ | 58 a | 47 a | 63 a | 60 a | 42 a | 73 a | 58 a |
| N2 | 91 a | 73 a | 68 a | 77 a | 80 a | 51 a | 51 a | 69 a |
| 249 | 39 b | 71 a | 79 a | 63 a | 78 a | 68 a | 77 a | 74 a |
| U204 | 61 a | 17 b | 9 b | 30 b | 58 a | 53 a | 013 b | 42 a |
| Sowing 2016 | ||||||||
| 317 | 100 a | 100 a | 77 a | 91 a | 56 b | 57 b | 76 a | 64 a |
| N2 | 100 a | 100 a | 84 a | 93 a | 59 b | 80 a | 76 a | 69 a |
| 249 | 83 a | 67 b | 38 b | 53 b | 69 a | 87 a | 53 b | 62 a |
| U204 | 58 b | 55 b | 5 c | 36 c | 50 b | 32 b | 57 b | 49 b |
∗Different letters indicate significant differences within each site, year, and location of nodules [PR, SR, StR, and average (DGC p < 0.05)].