Combined inoculation with dark septate endophytes and arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi: synergistic or competitive growth effects on maize?

Table 2 Effects of different treatments on root morphological traits and inoculation responsiveness of maize

Treatments	Total Length (cm)	Inoculation responsiveness (%)	Surf Area (cm2)	Inoculation responsiveness (%)	Avg Diam (mm)	Inoculation responsiveness (%)	Root Volume (cm3)	Inoculation responsiveness (%)
CK	1357.08 ± 90.4 cd	0	966.68 ± 41.55b	0	1.27 ± 0.13b	0	30.27 ± 1.81c	0
AM	1932.01 ± 117.87bc	30	1680.12 ± 109.32a	42.46	1.54 ± 0.06b	17.53	35.76 ± 1.87c	15.35
LD	1072.06 ± 48.85d	−26.59	923.38 ± 15.34b	−5	1.51 ± 0.18b	15.89	29.22 ± 2.05c	−3.59
MD	1991.39 ± 321.94bc	31.85	1619.53 ± 121.46a	40.31	1.59 ± 0.07ab	20.13	35.23 ± 1.91c	14.08
HD	2610.07 ± 116.98b	48.01	1687.04 ± 113.26a	42.7	1.61 ± 0.07ab	21.12	41.21 ± 0.68c	26.55
AM + LD	2189.76 ± 182.43bc	38.03	1828.51 ± 78.34a	47.13	1.53 ± 0.07b	16.99	65.62 ± 3.8b	53.87
AM + MD	2536.56 ± 134.44b	46.5	1873.19 ± 185.75a	48.39	1.71 ± 0.15ab	25.73	78.14 ± 4.06b	61.26
AM + HD	3701.72 ± 363.28a	63.34	2114.4 ± 154.32a	54.28	2.1 ± 0.18a	39.52	101.58 ± 10.07a	70.2

CK, treatments with sterilized DSE and AMF; AM, sterilized DSE with AMF; LD, low concentration of DSE with sterilized AMF; MD, medium concentration of DSE with sterilized AMF; HD, high concentration of DSE with sterilized AMF. AM + LD → AM + HD, different concentration of DSE and AMF. Data followed by different letters in the same column are significantly different at P < 0.05.

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