Arbuscular Mycorrhizal and Dark Septate Endophyte Fungal Associations in South Indian Aquatic and Wetland Macrophytes

Table 1

Soil characteristics and the number of plant taxa examined from different sites.

Characteristics	Sites
	Bhavani; (Site-A)	Gobichettipalayam; (Site-B)	Perur; (Site-C)	Siruvani; (Site-D)
Soil type	Sandy loam	Sandy clay loam	Sandy loam	Sandy loam
pH	7.12	6.90	8.17	6.80
Electrical conductivity (dSm^−1)	0.09	0.09	0.08	0.08
Total nitrogen (mg kg^−1)	10.4	10.2	9.5	9.8
Available phosphorus (mg kg^−1)	9.5	10.0	4.8	9.7
Exchangeable potassium (mg kg^−1)	16.5	17.0	21.8	19.4
Number of plant taxa sampled	8	9	19	25