From: Assessing soil microbes that drive fairy ring patterns in temperate semiarid grasslands
 | Fairy ring zone substrates (FS) | Fairy ring zone inoculations (FI) | FS × FI | Block | |||||||||
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 | df | F | p | df | F | p | df | F | p | df | F | p | |
Shoot biomass | 2 | 10.48 | < 0.001 | 2 | 14.85 | < 0.001 | 4 | 2.18 | 0.76 | 2 | 13.21 | < 0.001 | |
Root biomass | 2 | 4.15 | 0.018 | 2 | 1.48 | 0.232 | 4 | 3.76 | 0.007 | 2 | 1.15 | 0.320 | |
Shoot biomass: root biomass | 2 | 1.62 | 0.205 | 2 | 2.13 | 0.124 | 4 | 3.50 | 0.010 | 2 | 2.07 | 0.131 | |
Total biomass | 2 | 9.49 | < 0.001 | 2 | 4.08 | 0.009 | 4 | 1.94 | 0.108 | 2 | 4.90 | 0.009 | |
Shoot N concentration (mg g− 1 dry soil) | 2 | 6.10 | 0.003 | 2 | 13.76 | < 0.001 | 4 | 1.52 | 0.204 | 2 | 6.71 | 0.002 | |
Shoot N uptake (mg) | 2 | 18.47 | < 0.001 | 2 | 16.57 | < 0.001 | 4 | 2.19 | 0.077 | 2 | 20.78 | < 0.001 | |
Shoot P concentration (mg g− 1 dry soil) | 2 | 1.39 | 0.253 | 2 | 5.63 | 0.005 | 4 | 2.05 | 0.094 | 2 | 28.59 | < 0.001 | |
Shoot P uptake (mg) | 2 | 16.29 | < 0.001 | 2 | 5.97 | 0.004 | 4 | 1.33 | 0.265 | 2 | 8.01 | 0.001 | |
Percentage of diseased roots (%) | 2 | 0.154 | 0.857 | 2 | 1.82 | 0.167 | 4 | 0.59 | 0.674 | 2 | 3.95 | 0.022 | |
Mycorrhizal root colonization (%) | 2 | 0.064 | 0.938 | 2 | 0.54 | 0.582 | 4 | 0.53 | 0.715 | 2 | 0.075 | 0.928 |