Table 2.

Height, shoot, and root dry weights of liquorice plants under different treatments. US and S represent unsterilization and sterilization treatments, respectively. −M and +M represent non-inoculation and AM inoculation, respectively. Data are presented as means ± standard error (SE, n = 4). Different lowercase letters after the means indicate a significant difference between corresponding treatments at p < 0.05 by Tukey’s HSD test. Height, shoot, and root dry weights of liquorice plants were analyzed using two-way ANOVA; ns, not significant, * p < 0.05, ** p < 0.01.

Sterilization (S)	Inoculation (I)	Plant Height (cm)	Shoot Dry Weight (g pot−1)	Root Dry Weight (g pot−1)
US	−M	44.2 ± 2.5 a	1.92 ± 0.10 a	4.31 ± 0.10 a
	+M	47.1 ± 3.0 a	2.50 ± 0.20 a	4.48 ± 0.11 a
S	−M	10.0 ± 0.9 b	0.10 ± 0.02 b	0.23 ± 0.03 b
	+M	49.5± 4.4 a	2.73 ± 0.20 a	4.11 ± 0.40 a
ANOVA	S	F1,12 = 53.445 **	F1,12 = 120.56 **	F1,12 = 389.55 **
	I	F1,12 = 80.132 **	F1,12 = 181.54 **	F1,12 = 357.90 **
	S × I	F1,12 = 64.295 **	F1,12 = 135.08 **	F1,12 = 339.84 **