Table 2.

Sucrose, glucose, fructose and total soluble sugar 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	Sucrose (mg g−1 DW)	Glucose (mg g−1 DW)	Fructose (mg g−1 DW)	Total soluble sugar (mg g−1 DW)
WW (46.6% SWC)	−AMF	4.85b	19.36b	23.74ns	47.95c
	+AMF	6.22b	22.29ab	25.61	54.12b
WD (13.8% SWC)	−AMF	1.79c	21.66ab	25.99	49.88bc
	+AMF	31.13a	24.06a	26.32	81.51a
Significant level
Watering		**	*	ns	**
AMF		**	*	ns	**
Watering × AMF		**	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