Research Article

Colonization and Diversity of AM Fungi by Morphological Analysis on Medicinal Plants in Southeast China

Table 3

The AM colonization and diversity index of 20 species of medicinal plants.

Host plantColonization (%)SD/100 g soilSR

Woodwardia  japonica (L. f.) Sm.19 ± 1.73670 ± 74.4413 ± 1.411.55 ± 0.140.60 ± 0.05
Melastoma  candidum D.Don27 ± 2.461090 ± 121.117 ± 0.781.36 ± 0.120.70 ± 0.06
Leonurus heterophyllus Sweet f.12 ± 1.09270 ± 303 ± 0.230.52 ± 0.050.48 ± 0.04
Ocimum  gratissimum L. var. suave (Willd.) Hook.f.65 ± 5.92680 ± 75.5610 ± 1.111.79 ± 0.160.78 ± 0.07
Desmodium  pulchellum (L.) Benth.100 ± 9.111330 ± 147.7811 ± 1.231.17 ± 0.100.49 ± 0.04
Lygodium  japonicum (Thunb.) Sw.40 ± 3.64760 ± 84.8711 ± 1.091.72 ± 0.150.72 ± 0.06
Mentha  haplocalyx Briq.85 ± 7.74910 ± 101.1211 ± 0.991.57 ± 0.140.65 ± 0.06
Gonostegia  hirta (Blume.) Miq.69 ± 6.29700 ± 77.7810 ± 1.011.24 ± 0.110.54 ± 0.04
Gardenia  jasminoides Ellis42 ± 3.831450 ± 161.7811 ± 1.221.61 ± 0.140.67 ± 0.05
Mallotus  apelta (Lour.) Muell.Arg.64 ± 5.83660 ± 73.3311 ± 1.311.84 ± 0.160.74 ± 0.06
Antenoron  filiforme Thunb.86 ± 7.84810 ± 909 ± 1.000.99 ± 0.090.47 ± 0.04
Polygonum  chinense L.97 ± 8.85540 ± 606 ± 0.681.37 ± 0.120.79 ± 0.07
Sarcandra  glabra (Thunb.) Nakai64 ± 5.84770 ± 85.669 ± 0.891.66 ± 0.140.76 ± 0.08
Pogonatherum  crinitum (Thunb.) Kunth62 ± 5.65360 ± 405 ± 0.551.54 ± 0.140.96 ± 0.08
Selaginella  uncinata (Desv.) Spring.70 ± 6.38990 ± 1108 ± 0.851.27 ± 0.110.61 ± 0.05
Lophatherum  gracile Brongn.92 ± 8.382860 ± 317.988 ± 0.781.21 ± 0.100.58 ± 0.05
Alpinia  officinarum Hance95 ± 8.661160 ± 128.3213 ± 1.541.95 ± 0.190.76 ± 0.07
Acorus  tatarinowii Schott.8 ± 0.73680 ± 75.6714 ± 1.562.00 ± 0.210.76 ± 0.07
Ardisia  crenata Sims.60 ± 5.47980 ± 108.8912 ± 1.121.98 ± 0.180.80 ± 0.07
Citrus  medica L. var. sarcodactylis Swingle21 ± 1.912420 ± 268.4511 ± 1.080.64 ± 0.070.27 ± 0.02

SD: spore density; SR: spore richness; : Shannon-Weiner index; : evenness; means of six replicates ± standard deviation.