Mycorrhizal response in crop versus wild plants
Fig 3
Mycorrhizal response in crop plants versus wild plants.
(a) MR of total biomass of cultivars and wild plants when interacting with the commercial isolate (red) and the locally sourced isolate (blue). Red line indicates the mean value of nonmycorrhizal plants. (b) MR of root: shoot ratio of cultivars and wild plants when interacting with the commercial isolate (red) and the locally sourced isolate (blue). Red line indicates the mean value of the non-mycorrhizal plants. (c) MR of % leaf P of cultivars and wild plants when interacting with the commercial isolate (red) and the locally sourced isolate (blue). Red line indicates the mean value of the non-mycorrhizal plants. Box-plots show the third quartile and first quartile (box edges), median (middle line), range of the data (whiskers) and data outliers (black dots). * p<0.05. Mycorrhizal response (MR) represents the amount of benefit (if any) a plant gains from an AM fungal associate versus a nonmycorrhizal control.