Table 1 ANOVA test results for independent variables; (A) AMF, (C) compost, (D) drought, and (T) timing of the measured parameters in carob.

From: Assemblage of indigenous arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi and green waste compost enhance drought stress tolerance in carob (Ceratonia siliqua L.) trees

Parameters

A

C

D

T

A × C

A × D

A × T

C × D

C × T

D × T

A × C × D

A × C × T

A × D × T

C × D × T

A × C × D × T

Frequency of mycorrhization (F%)

***

***

***

***

***

***

***

**

*

NS

**

*

*

NS

NS

Intensity of mycorrhization (I%)

***

*

***

***

*

***

***

NS

NS

***

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

Shoot Height (SH)

***

***

***

***

***

*

***

*

***

***

NS

*

*

NS

*

Root Length (RL)

***

***

***

***

NS

NS

*

NS

NS

***

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

Shoot Dry Matter (SDM)

***

***

***

***

*

NS

***

NS

***

***

***

***

***

NS

**

Root Dry Matter (RDM)

***

***

***

***

NS

**

***

***

NS

***

**

*

*

NS

*

Leaf water potential (ΨLeaf)

***

***

***

***

***

***

NS

***

NS

***

NS

*

*

NS

NS

Relative Water Content (RWC)

***

***

***

***

***

***

NS

***

NS

***

NS

*

*

NS

NS

Stomatal conductance (gs)

***

***

***

***

**

*

*

***

*

**

*

NS

NS

*

*

Chlorophyll fluorescence (Fv/Fm)

***

***

***

NS

***

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

Chlorophyll a (Chl a)

***

***

***

***

**

*

NS

***

NS

***

***

**

**

NS

***

Chlorophyll b (Chl b)

***

***

***

***

***

***

NS

**

*

***

***

*

**

*

NS

Total Chlorophyll (Chl T)

***

***

***

***

***

***

NS

NS

*

***

***

*

**

*

NS

Carotenoid (Car)

***

***

***

***

***

***

***

***

***

NS

*

***

***

NS

***

Total soluble sugar (TSS)

***

***

***

***

NS

*

***

NS

***

**

NS

***

***

***

***

Protein

***

***

***

***

NS

**

***

NS

NS

***

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

Membrane stability (MS)

***

***

***

***

***

***

NS

NS

NS

***

*

**

**

NS

NS

Hydrogen peroxide (H2O2)

***

***

***

***

***

NS

***

**

**

***

NS

***

***

***

***

Malondialdehyde (MDA)

***

***

***

***

***

***

***

***

NS

**

NS

***

***

***

NS

Nitrogen (N)

***

***

***

***

***

***

**

***

NS

NS

*

NS

NS

NS

*

Phosphorus (P)

***

***

***

***

***

***

***

NS

***

***

***

***

***

***

***

Potassium (K)

***

***

***

***

***

***

***

***

***

***

***

***

***

***

***

Calcium (Ca)

***

***

***

***

***

***

***

***

***

***

***

***

***

***

***

Superoxide dismutase (SOD)

***

***

***

***

***

***

***

*

***

***

***

***

**

**

***

Catalase (CAT)

***

***

***

***

***

***

***

***

***

***

NS

***

***

***

***

Peroxidase (POX)

***

***

***

***

***

***

NS

***

NS

*

***

*

***

**

NS

Polyphenoloxidase (PPO)

***

***

***

***

**

*

***

NS

***

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

  1. NS, not significant, *P < 0.05, **P < 0.01, ***P < 0.001.