Inoculation of Native Arbuscular Mycorrhizae and Bacillus subtilis Can Improve Growth in Vegetable Crops
Table 5
Pearson correlation coefficients between the parameters in each selected vegetable.
SH
RH
NB
SDW
RDW
TDW
TC
SD
Lycopersicum esculentum
SH
1
0.959
0.958
0.905
0.899
0.906
0.475
0.489
RH
0.959
1
0.930
0.975
0.972
0.976
0.465
0.500
NB
0.958
0.930
1
0.893
0.884
0.893
0.487
0.509
SDW
0.905
0.975
0.893
1
0.988
1.000
0.457
0.522
RDW
0.899
0.972
0.884
0.988
1
0.992
0.473
0.528
TDW
0.906
0.976
0.893
1.000
0.992
1
0.461
0.524
TC
0.475
0.465
0.487
0.457
0.473
0.461
1
0.978
SD
0.489
0.500
0.509
0.522
0.528
0.524
0.978
1
Allium cepa
SH
1
0.991
0.877
0.952
0.949
0.953
0.574
0.556
RH
0.991
1
0.876
0.947
0.944
0.947
0.618
0.599
NB
0.877
0.876
1
0.890
0.878
0.890
0.501
0.544
SDW
0.952
0.947
0.890
1
0.981
1.000
0.456
0.536
RDW
0.949
0.944
0.878
0.981
1
0.982
0.506
0.593
TDW
0.953
0.947
0.890
1.000
0.982
1
0.458
0.538
TC
0.574
0.618
0.501
0.456
0.506
0.458
1
0.930
SD
0.556
0.599
0.544
0.536
0.593
0.538
0.930
1
Cucurbita pepo
SH
1
0.900
0.871
0.892
0.840
0.885
0.543
0.539
RH
0.900
1
0.915
0.955
0.960
0.959
0.508
0.473
NB
0.871
0.915
1
0.886
0.892
0.890
0.568
0.553
SDW
0.892
0.955
0.886
1
0.981
0.999
0.427
0.401
RDW
0.840
0.960
0.892
0.981
1
0.987
0.453
0.418
TDW
0.885
0.959
0.890
0.999
0.987
1
0.433
0.405
TC
0.543
0.508
0.568
0.427
0.453
0.433
1
0.991
SD
0.539
0.473
0.553
0.401
0.418
0.405
0.991
1
SH: shoot height; RH: root height; NB: number of branches; SDW: shoot dry weight; RDW: root dry weight; TDW: total dry weight: TC: total root mycorrhizal colonization; SD: spore density. Correlation is significant at the 0.01 level (2-tailed). Correlation is significant at the 0.05 level (2-tailed).
