Table 1.
Shoot height, number of leaves, leaf length, leaf width and number of tillers in rice cv. ‘Hom Nil’ plants inoculated with AMF and subsequently exposed to well-watered (WW) and water deficit (WD) conditions at booting stage
| Water regime | AMF inoculation | Shoot height (cm) | Number of leaves | Leaf length (cm) | Leaf width (cm) | Number of tiller |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WW (46.6% SWC) | −AMF | 86.4ab | 2.3ab | 28.8 | 1.20a | 4.3a |
| +AMF | 88.2a | 2.5a | 30.1 | 1.23a | 4.5a | |
| WD (13.8% SWC) | −AMF | 75.6c | 1.5b | 28.3 | 0.85b | 3.8b |
| +AMF | 82.4b | 2.3ab | 30.3 | 0.87b | 4.3a | |
| Significant level | ||||||
| Watering | ** | * | ns | ** | ns | |
| AMF | ** | * | ns | ns | ** | |
| Watering × AMF | * | ns | ns | ns | ns | |
Different letters in each column represent significant difference at p ≤ 0.05 applying Tukey’s HSD
ns not significant
*, **Significant difference at p ≤ 0.05 and p ≤ 0.01, respectively