Table 1 Effects of R. intraradices on AM colonization, shoot dry weight, root dry weight, plant height, and root length of S. viciifolia seedlings and the total chlorophyll content in leaves at different levels of As stress
From: Rhizophagus intraradices improves arsenic tolerance in Sophora viciifolia Hance
Inoculation | As (V) treatments mg kg−1 | AM total colonization (%) | Arbuscules colonization (%) | Shoot dry weight (g plant–1) | Root dry weight (g plant–1) | Plant height (cm) | Root length (cm) | Total chlorophyll content in leaves (mg/g fw of tissue) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Non-AMF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.39 ± 0.08ab | 1.44 ± 0.11ab | 41.40 ± 0.94ab | 31.58 ± 1.16a | 3.74 ± 0.06 a |
50 | 0 | 0 | 1.38 ± 0.07ab | 1.32 ± 0.13c | 39.92 ± 1.20ab | 28.03 ± 1.37b | 2.65 ± 0.09 c | |
100 | 0 | 0 | 0.96 ± 0.07c | 1.05 ± 0.06d | 35.04 ± 1.50c | 23.64 ± 1.31c | 1.21 ± 0.11 e | |
R. intraradices | 0 | 65.0 ± 5.50a | 33.0 ± 1.50a | 1.53 ± 0.10a | 1.54 ± 0.12a | 43.85 ± 1.37a | 33.89 ± 1.56a | 3.38 ± 0.05 b |
50 | 56.0 ± 4.00b | 25.0 ± 2.50b | 1.39 ± 0.06a | 1.44 ± 0.11b | 42.75 ± 1.45a | 32.09 ± 0.93a | 2.91 ± 0.07 bc | |
100 | 43.5 ± 5.00c | 11.5 ± 1.00c | 1.21 ± 0.03b | 1.22 ± 0.10c | 38.67 ± 1.29bc | 27.55 ± 1.08b | 1.69 ± 0.08 d | |
Significance | ||||||||
 AMF |  | ** | ** | NS | * | * | * | * |
 AS |  |  |  | * | ** | ** | * | ** |
 AMF × AS |  |  |  | NS | NS | NS | NS | NS |