Table 1 Results from ANOVA testing the effects of fertilizer level, irrigation regime and rice ecotype on mycorrhizal inoculation effect (MIE) for yield-related traits (total biomass (Biomass), tiller number (Tiller), panicle number (Pan_Num), panicle weight (Pan_Weight), spikelet fertility (Fertility), thousand grain weight (TWG), harvest index (HI), plant height (Height), and maturity dates (Mat_Days)). Different letters in the pairwise comparisons indicate significant differences at p < 0.05.

From: AMF inoculation reduces yield losses in rice exposed to alternate wetting and drying and low fertilization

Factors

Biomass

Tiller

Pan_Num

Pan_Weight

Fertility

TWG

HI

Height

Mat_Days

Irrigation

F-value

9.092

7.375

2.173

0.000

0.361

0.279

8.686

7.331

0.123

P-value

0.003

0.008

0.143

0.999

0.549

0.598

0.004

0.007

0.727

Fertilizer

F-value

4.640

1.923

2.800

0.312

3.685

0.897

2.118

2.501

3.412

P-value

0.002

0.111

0.029

0.870

0.007

0.469

0.083

0.046

0.011

Ecotype

F-value

5.089

7.240

0.023

0.416

3.743

0.015

1.471

3.254

1.281

P-value

0.026

0.008

0.880

0.520

0.056

0.901

0.228

0.074

0.260

Pairwise comparisons

 Irrigation

AWD

0.135 a

0.124 a

0.088 a

0.041 a

0.034 a

 − 0.019 a

 − 0.026 b

0.033 a

0.007 a

CF

0.068 b

0.039 b

0.039 a

0.041 a

0.020 a

 − 0.009 a

0.053 a

0.001 b

0.006 a

 Fertilizer

F1

0.183 a

0.111 a

0.156 a

0.002 a

0.116 a

 − 0.021 a

0.036 a

0.052 a

 − 0.005 b

F2

0.099 ab

0.147 a

0.016 ab

0.003 a

0.025 ab

 − 0.034 a

0.066 a

 − 0.005 b

0.007 ab

F3

0.115 ab

0.025 a

0.094 ab

0.086 a

 − 0.002 b

 − 0.013 a

 − 0.007 a

0.011 ab

0.013 a

F4

0.07112b

0.0781a

0.055 ab

0.089 a

 − 0.007 b

0.020 a

 − 0.049 a

0.011 ab

0.009 ab

F5

0.0398b

0.0475a

 − 0.002 b

0.023 a

0.005 b

 − 0.023 a

0.022 a

0.015 ab

0.007 ab

 Ecotype

Irrigated

0.12684a

0.124 a

0.066 a

0.018 a

0.004 a

 − 0.015 a

 − 0.003 a

0.027 a

0.008 a

Upland

0.07649b

0.039 b

0.061 a

0.063 a

0.050 a

 − 0.013 a

0.030 a

0.006 a

0.005 a