Enhancement of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal status of an established ginger crop through a mycorrhizal onion companion crop

Figures & data

Figure 1. Influence of pre-transplant mycorrhizal status of onion seedlings on arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungal colonization of ginger roots (a) and on the post-transplant AM fungal colonization (colon.) of onion (b). Vertical bars represent standard error of the mean (ranges for ginger are 30 and 24; ranges for onion are 15 and 41; n = 8). For each species, the first set of range values is associated with mycorrhiza-free onion seedlings while the second one is associated with mycorrhizal ones. AMF, arbuscular mycorrhiza fungi.

Figure 2. Influence of pre-transplant arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungal colonization of onion seedlings on dry mass of ginger rhizomes plant⁻¹ (a) and on the post-transplant dry mass of onion plant⁻¹ (b). Vertical bars represent standard error of the mean (ranges for ginger are 93.7 and 129.1; ranges for onion are 16.1 and 38.1; n = 8); for each species, the first set of range values is associated with mycorrhiza-free onion seedlings while the second one is associated with mycorrhizal ones. AMF, arbuscular mycorrhiza fungi.