Root colonisation of mutant and wild-type rice genotypes by R. irregularis. a AM colonisation levels of a cross between smax1 and the karrikin receptor mutant, dwarf 14-like (d14l), are quantified as a percentage (%) at 6 wpi with 300 spores. Dongjin and Nipponbare refer to the wild-type cultivars of respective mutant. F4 indicates the fourth generation progeny from the initial cross; d14/smax1(aa) indicates double homozygous alleles, whereas d14SMAX1 (AA, Aa) refers to homozygous d14l with either wild-type or heterozygous SMAX1 alleles. Each bar indicates the average percentage value of the respective fungal structure. Total total colonisation, H hyphopodia, IH intraradical hyphae, A arbuscules. Kruskal-Wallis test was performed, followed by post-hoc pairwise comparison using the Agricolae R package. Different letters represent significant difference (p-value <0.05). Degrees of freedom = 5, Dongjin wild-type (n = 4), smax1 (n = 4), Nipponbare wild-type (n = 4), d14l (n = 4), d14l/smax1 (F4, n = 5), d14l/SMAX1 (F4, n = 8), Total: χ2 = 25.08, p = 0.0001; H: χ2 = 17.84, p = 0.003; IH: χ2 = 25.15, p = 0.0001; A: χ2 = 25.67, p = 0.0001. b Micrographs of trypan blue stained roots for fungal structures in d14l/smax1 and their parental lines. Images represent roots from at least three independent plants of each genotype. Total total colonisation, H hyphopodia, IH intraradical hyphae, A arbuscules. Scale, 100 μm. c AM colonisation levels of crosses between smax1 and dwarf3 (d3). Dongjin and Shiokari refer to the wild-type cultivars of respective mutant. F4 indicates; d3/smax1(aa) indicates double homozygous alleles and d3/smax1 (AA, Aa) refers to homozygous d3 with either wild-type or heterozygous SMAX1 alleles. Degrees of freedom = 5, Dongjin wild-type (n = 5), smax1 (n = 5), Shiokari wild-type (n = 5), d3 (n = 4), d3/smax1 (F4, n = 5), d3/SMAX1 (F4, n = 8), Total: χ2 = 26.01, p = 0.0001; H: χ2 = 13.42, p = 0.02; IH: χ2 = 25.65, p = 0.0001;A: χ2 = 29.33, p = 2E0-5. d Micrographs of trypan blue stained roots for fungal structures in d3/smax1 and their parental lines.