Table 1.
Correlations between growth parameters (shoot dry weight, root dry weight) and mycorrhizal colonization (AM.F, EcM.F) in B. pendula and H. caespitosum seedlings, either in presence (+) or absence (−) of the opposite mycorrhizal host in the cultivation system.
| B. pendula | H. caespitosum | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| H (+)a | H (−)b | B (+)c | B (−)d | |||
| AM.F | EcM.F | AM.F | EcM.F | AM.F | AM.F | |
| SDW | −0.73*** | 0.72*** | – | 0.12ns | 0.62** | 0.02ns |
| RDW | −0.70*** | 0.71*** | – | 0.12ns | 0.56** | -0.57ns |
Correlation is significant at ***p < 0.001, **p < 0.01, ns = non-significant. H = H. caespitosum; B = B. pendula; a = treatments HH, H0, BH; b = treatments BB, B0, 00; c = treatments BB, B0, BH; d = treatments HH, H0, 00. SDW = shoot dry weight, RDW = root dry weight, AM.F = frequency of AM colonization, EcM.F = frequency of EcM colonization.