Table 2 Significance levels (F-values) of FW, AM fungi, Trichoderma sp. and their interactions on measured variables based on two-way or three-way ANOVA analysis

Plant height

10.275*

48.99*

3.12 ns

15.25*

0.004 ns

0.723 ns

12.25*

Root length

7.63*

82.374*

8.443*

0.372 ns

0.012 ns

0.568 ns

0.372 ns

Leaf area

44.9*

241.57*

1.97 ns

2.619 ns

8.109*

7.62*

5.25*

Bulb diameter

21.83*

82.23*

82.2*

1.88 ns

6.11*

33.31*

6.12*

Neck diameter

29.77*

99.02*

2.58 ns

0.927 ns

5.1*

2.58 ns

0.103 ns

TFwt

21.97*

130.6*

36.851*

1.12 ns

1.74 ns

1.01 ns

20.21*

TDwt

54.8*

254.2*

60.088*

4.938*

0.722 ns

9.25*

0.055 ns

Chl a

178.3*

337.4*

0.906 ns

2.97 ns

29.57*

7.15*

41.04*

Chl b

259.7*

651.1*

111.24*

35.68*

1.52 ns

46.6*

527.2*

Carotenoids

237.7*

251.8*

88.9*

56.9*

111.29*

20.76*

13.74*

Total chl

197.9*

406.41*

10.67*

31.19*

2.61 ns

13.58*

108.55*

Total pigments

206.59*

373.7*

0.486 ns

35.95*

11.77*

14.98*

82.43*

Protein

389.3*

492.1*

44.7*

97.4*

52.29*

7.36*

4.06 ns

Carbohydrates

71.95*

28.31*

22.86*

1.59 ns

22.86*

0.001 ns

0.719 ns

Total nitrogen

52.53*

108.29*

0.723 ns

5.52*

2.368 ns

0.059 ns

3.937 ns

Total phosphorus

3.9 ns

107.66*

79.4*

0.169 ns

37.05*

1.66 ns

33.86*

Chitinase

56.3*

234.6*

67.8*

27.49*

0.067 ns

12.14*

19.2*

Easily extractable glomalin

49.648*

139.573*

149.149*

3.453 ns

16.934*

1.761 ns

20.40*

Total extractable glomalin

94.907*

101.767*

14.049*

14.704*

5.720 ns

29.065*

36.603*