Table 1 Effects of F. mosseae and/or A. spartima on arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) colonization, phosphate-solubilizing fungus (PSF) populations, and growth parameters of beach plum under saline and non-saline conditions.

0

− AMF

− PSF

0^d

0^d

4.7 ± 0.5^cd

0.56 ± 0.02^e

0.12 ± 0.01^e

+ AMF

− PSF

48.7 ± 9.9^b

0^d

5.6 ± 0.4^b

0.73 ± 0.01^c

0.13 ± 0.03^de

− AMF

+ PSF

0^d

0.56 ± 0.11^c

5.0 ± 0.5^c

0.75 ± 0.01^b

0.15 ± 0.02^cd

+ AMF

+ PSF

69.2 ± 4.8^a

2.23 ± 0.52^b

7.2 ± 0.2^a

1.01 ± 0.05^a

0.14 ± 0.04^d

170

− AMF

− PSF

0^d

0^d

2.8 ± 0.6^f

0.45 ± 0.01^f

0.16 ± 0.02^c

+ AMF

− PSF

35.3 ± 6.5^c

0^d

3.9 ± 0.4^e

0.70 ± 0.02^d

0.18 ± 0.04^b

− AMF

+ PSF

0^d

0.75 ± 0.08^c

4.2 ± 0.5^de

0.76 ± 0.02^b

0.18 ± 0.03^b

+ AMF

+ PSF

51.1 ± 8.5^b

4.31 ± 0.59^a

5.1 ± 0.2^c

1.07 ± 0.01^a

0.21 ± 0.03^a

Salinity (S)

**

**

**

*

**

AMF treatment (A)

**

**

**

**

ns

PSF treatment (P)

**

**

**

**

ns

S × A

**

**

ns

**

ns

S × P

ns

**

ns

**

ns

A × P

**

**

ns

**

ns

S × A × P

ns

**

ns

ns

ns