. 2020 Mar 1;10(3):379. doi: 10.3390/biom10030379

Table 2.

Growth parameters of sunflower plants in response to colonization with R. irregularis and/or infection with R. solani (28 days after inoculation with R. solani).

Treatment *	Shoot Length (cm)	Root Length (cm)	Shoot Dry Weight (g)	Root Dry Weight (g)	No. of Leaves	Leaf Area (cm²)
C	26.3 ± 0.6 ^b	16.7 ± 0.5 ^b	0.42 ± 0.03 ^b	0.26 ± 0.02 ^b	7.0 ± 0.2 ^a	12.81 ± 0.3 ^b
M	33.0 ± 1.1 ^a	19.3 ± 0.7 ^a	0.52 ± 0.09 ^a	0.34 ± 0.06 ^a	7.6 ± 0.4 ^a	17.07 ± 0.2 ^a
P	21.7 ± 1.0 ^c	11.3 ± 0.9 ^c	0.32 ± 0.02 ^c	0.15 ± 0.09 ^c	6.0 ± 0.3 ^a	9.24 ± 0.2 ^c
M+P	35.3 ± 1.0 ^a	18.7 ± 0.3 ^a	0.55 ± 0.05 ^a	0.31 ± 0.08 ^a	7.6 ± 0.5 ^a	16.93 ± 0.1 ^a

C = untreated control, M = colonized with R. irregularis, P = infected with R. solani, M+P = colonized with R. irregularis and infected with R. solani. * Values of each column followed by the same letter are not significantly different according to Tukey’s HSD test (p ≤ 0.05), each value represents the mean of four replicates ± SD.