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Table 1 Effect of different salinity levels on root length colonization of apple seedlings inoculated and non-inoculated with Glomus versiforme

From: Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi increase salt tolerance of apple seedlings

Treatments

Root length colonization (%)

Non-inoculation

Inoculation

30

60

90

30

60

90

0

0

0

0

28.1a

44.3a

56.9a

2‰

0

0

0

20.7b

35.4b

46.2b

4‰

0

0

×

19.2c

27.7c

35.6c

6‰

0

×

×

18.2c

10.8d

×

  1. aValues of each column followed by the same letter are not significantly different at the 0.05 level. Each value represents the mean of 6 replicates. Numerals 30, 60 and 90 stand for sampling times (days) after salinity treatment. The sign “×” denotes that apple plants were dead.