Fig. 4: Bacteria promote poplar growth by increasing ectomycorrhization of poplar.
From: Mycorrhizal colonization of dryland tree establishment depends on soil microbial cooperation
a ectomycorrhizal fungi (ECMF) colonization. b plant height. c plant biomass based dry weight (dw). d shoot dry weight. e root dry weight. CK: sterile control; SynM: a synthetic microbial community comprising of the nine key bacterial strains) inoculation alone; ECMF: Tuber inoculation alone (one of the dominant ECM fungus identified in field surveys); SynM +ECMF: SynM-Tuber co-inoculation; ECMF + SE: individual inoculation with Tuber after adding soil extract to the substrate; SynM+ECMF + SE: co-inoculation with SynM and Tuber after adding soil extract to the substrate. Different lowercase letters indicate significant differences (one-way ANOVA followed by Tukey test, P < 0.05; n = 4 replicates with 3 poplars per replicate); Error bars indicate ± SD. Horizontal bars within boxes represent mean values. The tops and bottoms of boxes represent the 75th and 25th quartiles, respectively.
