Table 3.
Values (mean ± SE) of leaf mass fraction (LMF), root mass fraction (RMF), specific leaf area (SLA) and true leaves of P. lanceolata under different levels of water reduction (W100 = field capacity, W50 = 50% field capacity, W25 = 25% field capacity) and light reduction (direct light, shade).
| Inoculum | W100 | W50 | W25 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Water Reduction | ||||
| LMF | Native | 0.697 (±0.055) a | 0.581 (±0.033) ab | 0.548 (±0.029) b |
| Invasive | 0.695 (±0.05) A | 0.557 (±0.029) B | 0.543 (±0.03) B | |
| RMF | Native | 0.30 (±0.055) b | 0.42 (±0.033) ab | 0.45 (±0.029) a |
| Invasive | 0.30 (±0.05) B | 0.44 (±0.029) AB | 0.46 (±0.03) A | |
| SLA (m2 kg‐1) | Native | 29.49 (±7.82) a | 19.25 (±2.04) b | 14.41 (±0.49) b |
| Invasive | 31.49 (±4.2) A | 19.33 (±1.59) B | 14.61 (±0.83) B | |
| Leaves (n) | Native | 8.5 (±0.79) a | 6.4 (±0.34) a | 3.8 (±0.33) b |
| Invasive | 8.7 (±0.6) A | 7.0 (±0.55) A | 4.1 (±0.53) B |
| Inoculum | Light | Shade | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Light reduction | |||
| LMF | Native | 0.71 (±0.05) b | 0.87 (±0.01) a,** |
| Invasive | 0.70 (±0.05) | 0.77 (±0.03) | |
| RMF | Native | 0.29 (±0.05) a | 0.13 (±0.01) b |
| Invasive | 0.3(±0.05) | 0.23 (±0.03)** | |
| SLA (m2 kg‐1) | Native | 22.04 (±2.64) b | 42.5 (±1.21) a |
| Invasive | 31.49 (±4.21) | 39.6 (±2.76) | |
| Leaves (n) | Native | 8.5 (±0.79) | 6.9 (±0.5) |
| Invasive | 8.7 (±0.6) | 8.0 (±0.22) |
Capital letters indicate significant differences between plants inoculated with AMinv and lowercase letters indicate significant differences in plants inoculated with AMnat after ANOVA using Tukey’s HSD or Student's t‐test at P ≤ 0.05. Asterisks indicate significant differences between AMnat and AMinv plants within the same stress level at * P ≤ 0.05, **P ≤ 0.01, and ***P ≤ 0.001.