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Table 3 Impact of mycorrhiza inoculation (AMF) and different alkalinity levels (T1, T2) either under stressed and unstressed on minerals content in plants of the wheat cultivar. The data are means ± SD (n = 3). Different letters, capital for shoots and small for roots, indicate statistically significant differences according to Tukey’s test (p ≤ 0.05)

From: The efficiency of arbuscular mycorrhiza in increasing tolerance of Triticum aestivum L. to alkaline stress

Treatments

Na+

K+

P

N

   

Concentrations (mg/g DW)

 

Shoot

Root

Shoot

Root

Shoot

Root

Shoot

Root

Cont

5.2 ± 0.14A

10.5 ± 0.3a

22.7 ± 0.5D

7.5 ± 0.13c

0.34 ± 0.01D

0.17 ± 0.005b

0.09 ± 0.0004F

0.04 ± 0.0029c

T1

5.75 ± 0.43A

16.2 ± 1.1c

21.4 ± 0.9C

7.1 ± 0.08c

0.16 ± 0.01B

0.14 ± 0.004ab

0.06 ± 0.0003D

0.04 ± 0.0007c

T2

10.5 ± 0.86 B

18.6 ± 0.3d

21.2 ± 0.4C

5.9 ± 0.09b

0.14 ± 0.006B

0.11 ± 0.003a

0.05 ± 0.0006C

0.03 ± 0.0014b

T0 + AMF

4.5 ± 0.28A

8.50 ± 0.3a

18.4 ± 0.1B

6.6 ± 0.5b

0.26 ± 0.007C

0.27 ± 0.18c

0.04 ± 0.0004B

0.04 ± 0.0005c

T1 + AMF

5.0 ± 0.14A

13.5 ± 0.3b

14.0 ± 0.3A

6.2 ± 0.1b

0.08 ± 0.003A

0.32 ± 0.15d

0.03 ± 0.0006A

0.02 ± 0.0009a

T2 + AMF

5.9 ± 0.07A

15.5 ± 0.3bc

18.0 ± 0.4B

4.7 ± 0.1a

0.16 ± 0.002B

0.14 ± 0.0002ab

0.07 ± 0.0046E

0.03 ± 0.0005b