. 2021 Jan 15;11:612299. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2020.612299

TABLE 1.

Growth parameters of Eclipta prostrata inoculated with different arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi or not inoculated under non-saline conditions 4 and 8 weeks after inoculation (the preliminary experiment).

Treatment	Fresh root weight (g plant^–1)		Fresh shoot weight (g plant^–1)		Leaf number (leaf plant^–1)		Plant height (cm plant^–1)		Leaf area (cm² plant^–1)		Mycorrhizal colonization (%)

	4 weeks	8 weeks	4 weeks	8 weeks	4 weeks	8 weeks	4 weeks	8 weeks	4 weeks	8 weeks	4 weeks	8 weeks
No AMF	1.49 ± 1.05^a	1.81 ± 0.13^a	4.44 ± 1.12^ab	6.01 ± 0.91^b	14.89 ± 4.8^a	20 ± 5.53^a	15.38 ± 3.07^a	52.71 ± 7.41^a	15.18 ± 2.73^a	17.48 ± 0.91^ab	0	0
F. mosseae	1.67 ± 0.19^a	2.38 ± 0.62^a	3.26 ± 0.30^bc	6.05 ± 1.16^b	12.89 ± 5.1^a	20.86 ± 5.8^a	9.44 ± 2.28^b	40.88 ± 10.05^ab	14.87 ± 2.00^ab	16.38 ± 5.43^b	54.1 ± 4.2^a	59.5 ± 4.7^a
S. deserticola	1.69 ± 0.40^a	2.02 ± 0.18^a	2.09 ± 0.17^c	3.15 ± 0.55^c	13.78 ± 4.29^a	18.86 ± 4.14^a	8.51 ± 1.78^b	34 ± 7.57^b	11.22 ± 0.94^b	12.80 ± 2.62^b	47.8 ± 6.6^a	53.1 ± 5.8^a
A. lacunose	1.83 ± 0.76^a	2.33 ± 0.16^a	3.07 ± 0.90^bc	4.98 ± 1.20^bc	17 ± 6.68^a	22.85 ± 11.36^a	10.72 ± 4.36^b	38.71 ± 3.60^b	14.79 ± 1.67^ab	16.83 ± 1.22^b	22.9 ± 3.6^b	49.5 ± 9.2^a
Symbivit	1.53 ± 0.03^a	2.37 ± 0.30^a	4.95 ± 0.30^a	10.58 ± 1.86^a	12.89 ± 2.47^a	21.43 ± 4.86^a	11.64 ± 1.57^ab	46 ± 5.62^ab	16.58 ± 1.37^a	24.36 ± 1.79^a	50.5 ± 5.4^a	56.3 ± 6.8^a

The means ± standard deviation are shown (n = 5 for mycorrhizal colonization, n = 4 for other parameters). Different letters in each column indicate significant difference according to the Tukey test (P < 0.05) among treatments 4 and 8 weeks after inoculation. AMF, arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi.