Biochemical response and nutrient uptake of two arbuscular mycorrhiza-inoculated chamomile varieties under different osmotic stresses

Botanical Studies

Table 1 Analysis of variance of osmotic stress, arbuscular mycorrhiza and variety and their interactions effects on nutrients uptake in chamomile

Source of variation	df	Shoot concentration							Root concentration
Source of variation		N	P	K	Zn	Fe	Cu	Mn	N	P	K	Zn	Fe	Cu	Mn
O	2	2114.47**	29.81**	1565.17**	65040.23**	13444.14**	2636.89**	3939.09**	164.26**	131.61**	2966.65**	51988.02**	428.06**	4332.16**	2803.51**
AM	1	181.96**	25.66**	208.29**	4504.68**	1906.38**	2813.66**	3236.61**	41.25**	26.8**	506.32**	3663.02^ns	453.25**	1328.25**	1652.08**
Var	1	201.80**	5.32**	55.60**	500.52**	550.13**	338.66**	413.24*	1.28**	26.1**	606.16**	1518.65**	56.42**	10.50**	42.18**
O×AM	2	13.38**	0.65**	0.041^ns	289.45**	43.88**	9.66**	26.66^ns	3.32**	0.66^ns	31.50**	25.52^ns	32.16**	4.03^ns	115.65**
O×Var	2	54.56**	2.6**	22.20**	111.84*	129.06**	60.60^ns	196.69*	0.21^ns	3.69**	18.66**	465.00**	1.14**	22.68*	22.26**
AM×Var	1	1.58**	0.6**	2.98^ns	133.33^ns	1.16	141.69*	269.56*	0.62	0.30^ns	19.65**	4.68^ns	0.13^ns	1.16^ns	33.33**
O×AM×Var	2	5.46**	1.06**	5.08^ns	28.28^ns	68.35**	50.39^ns	80.29^ns	0.16^ns	0.35^ns	0.69^ns	4.68^ns	0.91^ns	5.06^ns	6.38^ns
Error	36	0.223	0.019	2.46	34.11	1.16	28.68	45.64	0.146	0.30	2.62	14.40	1.51	4.46	4.06
CV%		2.05	1.20	3.15	3.69	1.34	8.34	10.23	4.63	5.08	4.64	3.12	3.26	3.98	3.66

O Osmotic stress, Var Varieties, AM Arbuscular mycorrhizal inoculation, ns non-significance at P ≤ 0.05; ^*P ≤ 0.05; ^**P ≤ 0.01, statistical significance