Table 1 Mycorrhizal status and plant growth performance of D. versiformis colonized trifoliate orange seedlings in response to different treatments.

From: Mycorrhizal trifoliate orange has greater root adaptation of morphology and phytohormones in response to drought stress

Treatments

Mycorrhizal status

Plant growth performance

Root colonization (%)

Soil hyphal length (m/g DW soil)

Plant height (cm)

Stem diameter (mm)

Leaf number (#/plant)

Shoot biomass (g FW/plant)

Root biomass (g FW/plant)

WW + AMF

55.3 ± 8.8a

0.52 ± 0.06a

29.1 ± 2.6a

4.16 ± 0.11a

22.8 ± 1.2a

2.47 ± 0.21a

2.61 ± 0.13a

WW–AMF

0c

0c

20.1 ± 2.9c

3.52 ± 0.07c

19.4 ± 2.2b

1.43 ± 0.13c

1.65 ± 0.16c

DS + AMF

37.5 ± 7.6b

0.30 ± 0.04b

25.8 ± 1.2b

3.80 ± 0.15b

21.2 ± 1.5ab

2.13 ± 0.12b

2.00 ± 0.10b

DS–AMF

0c

0c

14.1 ± 1.0d

3.34 ± 0.11d

14.3 ± 1.5c

1.02 ± 0.08d

1.36 ± 0.08d

  1. Data (means ± SD, n = 4) followed by different letters indicate significant differences among treatments after using the Duncan’s multiple range test (P < 0.05). Abbreviations: +AMF: inoculation with D. versiformis, –AMF: inoculation without D. versiformis, DS: drought stress, WW: well-watered.
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