Fig. 2: The distribution of plant C following inoculation with plant-parasitic nematodes (PPN) and AM fungal (AMF) symbionts. | Nature Communications

Fig. 2: The distribution of plant C following inoculation with plant-parasitic nematodes (PPN) and AM fungal (AMF) symbionts.

From: Phytophagy impacts the quality and quantity of plant carbon resources acquired by mutualistic arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi

Fig. 2

Mean amount and distribution of C within (A, B) roots, (C) PPN, and (D) AMF within each treatment. i–v in (A) indicate the separate split-root treatments, with data normalised per g of DW roots. B 14C distribution across a split-root system inoculated with PPN and AMF, where intensity of colour indicates relative accumulation of plant-fixed 14C. C, D quantify the amount of host carbon within the entire PPN populations and/or AMF hyphal mycelium within the pots. All data were collected at five weeks post inoculation. Treatments are indicated by x axis labels: control no symbiont, ‘/’ roots split between the two stated treatments, ‘+’ = both symbionts together on the same sampled roots. Bars represent six biological replicates with the standard error of the mean. Different letters denote significance (A Linear mixed-effects models were applied to account for the non-independency of split roots belonging to the same plant, Tukey’s Honest Significant Difference test, p < 0.01. C, D one-way ANOVA, Tukey’s Honest Significant Difference test, p < 0.05).

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