Research Article

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

Table 5

Correlation analysis between AM fungi and different edaphic factors.

PKNOMpHECColonizationSDSR

P1.000
K0.3931.000
N−0.0640.0561.000
OM0.160−0.0230.3911.000
pH0.6310.3430.292−0.1701.000
EC0.1990.7920.0700.268−0.0271.000
Colonization−0.113−0.4790.2830.365−0.208−0.4421.000
SD−0.164−0.1640.3060.424−0.120−0.0170.141.000
SR−0.1340.2500.3610.410−0.2270.381−0.0420.2361.000
−0.265−0.001−0.070.200−0.4880.2400.115−0.2160.5851.000
−0.214−0.122−0.270.080−0.2890.0600.141−0.3650.1140.7951.000

P: available P; K: available K; N: available N; OM: organic matter; EC: electrical conductivity; SD: spore density; SR: spore richness; H: Shannon-Weiner index; : evenness; < 0.05, < 0.01.