Table 2. Dry mass and morphometric parameters of nonmycorrhizal and mycorrhizal (fungal consortium) sorghum plants under well-watered (WW, WWM) and water deficit (WD and WDM) conditions.
These values represent the means ± SD of four plants for each treatment. The same letter in the columns represents no significant differences among treatments according to Tukeys test (p ≤ 0.05). * WW and WD represent well-watered and water deficit in nonmycorrhizal plants, while **WWM and WDM correspond to well-watered and water deficit mycorrhizal plants, respectively. cDMR/DMF means dry mass root/dry mass foliage.
| Treatments |
Dry mass foliage (g) |
Dry mass root (g) |
cDMR/DMF |
Diameter stem (mm) |
Height Plant (cm) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| *WW | 7.32 ± 0.20 b | 1.56 ± 0.38 b | 0.21 ± 0.04 b | 8.38 ± 0.44 b | 84.36 ± 0.16 c |
| **WWM | 8.30 ± 0.20 a | 2.96 ± 0.42 a | 0.36 ± 0.05 a | 10.14 ± 0.26 a | 96.42 ± 2.96 a |
| *WD | 5.85 ± 0.65 c | 1.46 ± 0.38 b | 0.25 ± 0.05 ab | 7.85 ± 0.34 b | 80.70 ± 1.60 c |
| **WDM | 7.23 ± 0.52 b | 2.48 ± 0.37 a | 0.34 ± 0.06 a | 8.0 3 ± 0.16 b | 90.70 ± 1.20 b |