Table 3 Fresh (Fwt) and dry weights (Dwt) of mycorrhizal (AM) and non-mycorrhizal shoots and roots of cotton plants reared with (+) or without (−) S. littoralis under different treatments

- S. littoralis

3.638^bc

0.539^ab

4.178^bc

1.044^ab

0.145^b

1.189^ab

–

- S. littoralis + AM

4.906^a

0.674^a

5.581^a

1.342^a

0.204^ab

1.546^a

23.07^c

+S. littoralis

3.020^c

0.520^ab

3.540^c

0.710^bc

0.113^b

0.823^bc

–

+S. littoralis + AM

4.501^ab

0.591^ab

5.092^ab

0.950^abc

0.140^b

1.090^abc

24.48^b

+ S. littoralis + B. bassiana Si NPs

2.953^c

0.360^b

3.313^c

0.675^bc

0.0720^b

0.747^bc

–

+ S. littoralis + B. bassiana Si NPs + AM

4.43^ab

0.413^b

4.843^ab

0.700^bc

0.440^a

1.140^abc

34.50^a

+S. littoralis + Chlorpyrifos

2.961^c

0.450^ab

3.411^c

0.590^c

0.104^b

0.694^c

–

+S. littoralis + Chlorpyrifos + AM

4.303^ab

0.492^ab

4.795^ab

0.651^bc

0.243^ab

0.894^bc

22.31^d

F

***

NS

***

NS

**

**

***

P

0.000

0.2540

0.0000

0.0691

0.0027

0.0091

0.0000