Table 3.

Effects of bamboo fungus on the root growth parameters and biomass of ‘Zhongjiao No.3’ (ZJ3) and ‘Zhongjiao No.4’ (ZJ4) banana seedlings. CK: seedlings grown in nutrient soil; 1/4: seedlings grown in nutrient soil containing 1/4 bamboo fungus culture substrates; 1/2: seedlings grown in nutrient soil containing 1/2 bamboo fungus culture substrates; ZS: seedlings grown in bamboo fungus culture substrates. The different letters within the same column represent significant difference among samples at 0.05 level.

Banana Variety	Group	Root Length/cm	Root Number	Root Thickness/mm	Aboveground Part Fresh Weight/g	Root Fresh Weight/g
ZJ3	CK	20.27 ± 0.78 a	5.33 ± 0.58 a	1.10 ± 0.03 a	2.65 ± 0.42 a	0.35 ± 0.04 a
	1/4	19.30 ± 0.89 a	5.33 ± 0.58 a	1.03 ± 0.09 a	1.73 ± 0.14 b	0.30 ± 0.01 ab
	1/2	12.10 ± 1.14 b	4.33 ± 0.58 b	0.83 ± 0.08 b	1.52 ± 0.18 b	0.27 ± 0.02 b
	ZS	10.60 ± 0.75 b	4.00 ± 0.00 b	0.82 ± 0.10 b	1.49 ± 0.16 b	0.24 ± 0.04 b
ZJ4	CK	16.07 ± 0.71 a	6.67 ± 0.58 a	1.27 ± 0.04 a	4.65 ± 0.12 a	1.46 ± 0.05 a
	1/4	14.23 ± 0.47 b	5.67 ± 0.58 b	1.25 ± 0.05 a	3.77 ± 0.23 b	1.04 ± 0.07 b
	1/2	13.40 ± 0.53 b	5.33 ± 0.58 b	1.12 ± 0.05 b	1.83 ± 0.23 c	0.64 ± 0.09 c
	ZS	11.90 ± 0.40 c	4.00 ± 0.00 c	0.97 ± 0.06 c	1.91 ± 0.22 c	0.30 ± 0.06 d