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. 2021 Jul 14;12:664385. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2021.664385

FIGURE 2.

FIGURE 2

Pathogen effects on plant growth among 80 alfalfa varieties single or co-inoculated with Fom and Rs. (A) Variations in plant height (PH) and root length (RL), (B) effect sizes of PH and RL, (C) variations in dry weight of shoot (DWS) and root (DWR), and (D) effect sizes of DWS and DWR. Fom, single inoculation with Fom; Rs, single inoculation with Rs; Fom:Rs, co-inoculation with Fom and Rs. Boxplots show the medians and 25th and 75th percentiles, with whiskers extending to 1.5 times of the interquartile range, and data presented beyond whiskers represent outliers. Different letters above the bars in the same column indicate significant differences (p < 0.001) among treatments according to Fisher’s protected LSD test. Asterisks between the bars under the same treatment indicate a significant difference (p < 0.001) between traits by Student’s t-test. ns, not significant between traits. Three values of DWS larger than 100 (115.1, 145.9, and 119.6 mg/plant for Mvv16, Msv17, and Msv27, respectively) under the control treatment were defined as 100 to maximize resolution. Positive effects (effect size < 0) of pathogen treatment on some traits under Fo (Supplementary Figure 2) were defined as zero to maximize resolution.