Table 1.

Mean squares of absolute values for various traits under mycorrhizal and non-mycorrhizal treatment and significance of main treatment effects (N and Fungus) and their interaction effects (N × Fungus) based on two-way ANOVA.

Parameters	Source of Variation	Nitrogen	Fungus	Nitrogen × Fungus	Residual
	df	3	1	3	14
Dry shoot weight	Donor	1.50**	28.93**	0.01ns	0.02
	Recipient	1.17**	14.09**	0.05*	0.01
Dry root weight	Donor	0.99**	0.95**	0.05**	0.00
	Recipient	0.77**	0.29**	0.02**	0.00
Chlorophyll-a	Donor	0.52**	0.62**	0.00ns	0.00
	Recipient	0.51**	0.18**	0.00ns	0.00
Chlorophyll-b	Donor	2.03**	0.57**	0.01*	0.00
	Recipient	2.01**	0.26**	0.01**	0.00
Carotenoids	Donor	41.34**	81.60**	2.71**	0.02
	Recipient	33.44**	19.03**	0.96**	0.01
EE-GRSP	Donor	0.00**	0.00**	0.00**	0.00
	Recipient	0.00**	0.00**	0.00**	0.00
T-GRSP	Donor	0.00**	0.17**	0.00**	0.00
	Recipient	0.01**	0.14**	0.00**	0.00
SOC	Donor	15.98**	41.92**	0.73**	0.04
	Recipient	15.52**	17.58**	1.54**	0.04
MWD	Donor	0.07**	0.56**	0.01**	0.00
	Recipient	0.07ns	0.71**	0.01**	0.00

*, **and ns indicate the significant differences at p ≤ 0.05, p ≤ 0.01, and non-significant (p ≥ 0.05), respectively.