Table 3. Physical and chemical parameters of experimental soils, root colonization, and spore number.

	Codiaeum varicgatum	Salvia divinorum	Solanum melongena	Tagetes minuta	Phyllanthus reticulutus	Capsicum frutecens	Lycopersicon lycopersicm	Abelmoshcus esculentus
Moisture (%)	19.1±0.76	18.3±0.32	18.0±0.26	17.6±0.31	17.3±0.20	17.1±0.29	49.7±3.80	15.5±0.45
pH	8.10±0.20	7.90±0.05	7.90±0.07	7.90±0.06	7.80±0.04	7.80±0.09	7.60±0.11	7.30±0.13
Clay (%)	18.1±0.31	16.5±0.25	15.2±0.35	15.0±0.15	12.0±0.26	10.0±0.44	10.0±0.25	8.00±0.15
Sand (%)	43.33±2.11	47.81±1.03	47.55±0.49	51.72±1.59	55.05±1.10	61.07±1.40	61.80±0.98	64.82±2.06
Silt (%)	38.0±0.32	36.0±0.15	37.5±0.35	33.0±0.25	32.4±0.45	29.0±0.10	29.0±0.38	27.8±0.51
P (ppm)	49.11±0.34	43.81±0.88	36.18±0.44	25.85±1.07	15.48±0.51	57.65±0.92	100.60±1.02	125.19±2.62
N (%)	0.12±0.03	0.10±0.02	0.10±0.03	0.09±0.03	0.08±0.02	0.11±0.01	0.09±0.01	0.10±0.02
C (%)	2.11±0.08	1.71±0.09	1.60±0.07	1.39±0.05	1.81±0.10	1.70±0.12	1.80±0.18	1.70±0.17
K (cmol/kg)	0.32±0.02	0.41±0.03	0.26±0.04	0.16±0.02	0.21±0.05	0.16±0.04	0.17±0.06	1.09±0.09
Zn (ppm)	3.32±0.11	5.89±0.12	4.97±0.14	3.41±0.04	2.28±0.06	7.65±0.24	7.42±0.22	7.38±0.09
B (ppm)	0.76±0.05	1.17±0.03	0.80±0.08	0.55±0.09	0.74±0.08	1.21±0.07	0.64±0.06	1.61±0.18
Colonization	90.3±2.50	85.7±1.20	80.3±2.50	75.3±1.50	74.3±1.50	73.3±0.60	49.7±3.80	52.3±3.50
Spore No.	60.7±1.20	57.7±0.50	50.3±2.10	46.7±2.90	44.0±2.40	35.7±1.70	33.7±2.50	28.7±1.70

Values are the average of triplicates. ± indicate standard deviation.