. 2020 Mar 18;9(3):375. doi: 10.3390/plants9030375

Table 1.

Effect of AMF on plant growth and root mycorrhizal colonization, yield, essential oil content and TDS of aromatic species.

Parameter	A. dracunculus		L. angustifolia		H. officinalis
Parameter	Control	AMF	Control	AMF	Control	AMF
Root mycorrhizal colonization (%)	23.8 ± 1.9 ^c	61.5 ± 3.7 ^a	24.6 ± 2.8 ^c	52.3 ± 4.1 ^b	23.3 ± 2.0 ^c	62.7 ± 4.0 ^a
Plant height (cm)	52 ± 2 ^a	54 ± 2 ^a	65.5 ± 3.5 ^a	66 ± 2^a	72.5 ± 2.5 ^b	67.5 ± 2.5 ^a
Plant biomass (g)	285 ± 22 ^b	340 ± 30 ^a	390 ± 34 ^a	360 ± 31 ^a	295 ± 25 ^b	400 ± 36 ^a
Yield (kg m⁻²)	0.86 ± 0.05 ^b	1.02 ± 0.07 ^a	0.78 ± 0.04 ^a	0.72 ± 0.04 ^a	0.89 ± 0.05 ^b	1.20 ± 0.08 ^a
Essential oil content (% fw)	0.68 ± 0.03 ^a	0.70 ± 0.03 ^a	1.10 ± 0.70 ^b	1.30 ± 0.80 ^a	0.4 ± 0.01 ^a	0.4 ± 0.01 ^a
Essential oil yield (g m⁻²)	5.8 ± 0.2 ^b	7.1 ± 0.3 ^a	8.6 ± 0.4 ^a	9.4 ± 0.5 ^a	3.6 ± 0.1 ^b	4.8 ± 0.2 ^a
Dry matter (%)	28.4 ± 1.0 ^a	29.3 ± 0.3 ^a	24.6 ± 0.8 ^a	26.5 ± 1.0 ^a	26.4 ± 0.7 ^a	26.8 ± 0.8 ^a
TDS (mg g⁻¹ dw)	58.1 ± 1.4 ^a	59.8 ± 1.2 ^a	43.4 ± 1.0 ^a	45.3 ± 1.0 ^a	56.7 ± 1.1 ^a	58.0 ± 1.2 ^a

fw, fresh weight; dw, dry weight; TDS, total dissolved solids. Along each line and within each species, values followed by different letters are statistically different, according to Duncan’s test, at p ≤ 0.05.