Research Article

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

Table 2

The rhizospheric soil properties of 20 medicinal plants.

Host plants (20 species)P/(mg kg−1) K/(mg kg−1)N/(mg kg−1)OM/(g 100 g−1)pHEC/(s cm−1)

Woodwardia  japonica (L. f.) Sm.23.58 ± 2.67104.78 ± 9.3122.38 ± 1.4965.50 ± 4.375.36 ± 0.3654.48 ± 3.63
Melastoma  candidum D.Don18.42 ± 2.0943.88 ± 3.9014.93 ± 0.99109.7 ± 7.264.84 ± 0.3282.45 ± 5.50
Leonurus  heterophyllus Sweet f.705.79 ± 79.9995.60 ± 8.5023.96 ± 1.6054.9 ± 3.667.78 ± 0.5262.55 ± 4.17
Ocimum  gratissimum L. var. suave (Willd.) Hook.f.117.65 ± 13.3364.91 ± 5.7622.13 ± 1.4864.7 ± 4.315.52 ± 0.3743.45 ± 2.90
Desmodium  pulchellum (L.) Benth.13.98 ± 1.5857.99 ± 5.15111.48 ± 7.43112.3 ± 7.496.62 ± 0.4435.40 ± 2.36
Lygodium  japonicum (Thunb.) Sw.22.68 ± 2.5739.48 ± 3.5115.56 ± 1.0459.6 ± 3.975.50 ± 0.3628.15 ± 1.88
Mentha  haplocalyx Briq.979.94 ± 111.0683.86 ± 7.4529.33 ± 1.96154.9 ± 10.336.29 ± 0.4272.95 ± 4.87
Gonostegia  hirta (Blume.) Miq.16.96 ± 1.9248.09 ± 4.2725.22 ± 1.68103.4 ± 6.894.74 ± 0.3158.75 ± 3.92
Gardenia  jasminoides Ellis43.85 ± 4.9739.32 ± 3.5036.41 ± 2.43100.8 ± 6.725.41 ± 0.3641.35 ± 2.76
Mallotus  apelta (Lour.) Muell.Arg.34.13 ± 3.8635.17 ± 3.1328.51 ± 1.9080.9 ± 5.395.30 ± 0.3542.00 ± 2.80
Antenoron  filiforme Thunb.205.89 ± 23.3365.41 ± 5.8129.93 ± 2.00101.7 ± 6.785.43 ± 0.3652.35 ± 3.49
Polygonum  chinense L.50.30 ± 5.7064.90 ± 5.7725.05 ± 1.67100.8 ± 6.715.44 ± 0.2949.10 ± 3.27
Sarcandra  glabra (Thunb.) Nakai18.48 ± 2.0956.29 ± 5.0022.38 ± 1.49111.1 ± 7.415.02 ± 0.3366.20 ± 4.41
Pogonatherum  crinitum (Thunb.) Kunth10.46 ± 1.1928.64 ± 2.5515.51 ± 1.0387.4 ± 5.835.27 ± 0.3535.70 ± 2.38
Selaginella  uncinata (Desv.) Spring.23.29 ± 2.6471.83 ± 6.3823.91 ± 1.59104.5 ± 6.975.50 ± 0.3736.90 ± 2.46
Lophatherum  gracile Brongn.18.04 ± 2.0447.46 ± 4.2227.53 ± 1.84108.4 ± 7.234.92 ± 0.3246.35 ± 3.09
Alpinia  officinarum Hance74.51 ± 8.4436.76 ± 3.2742.02 ± 2.80132.9 ± 8.864.60 ± 0.3085.15 ± 5.67
Acorus  tatarinowii Schott.240.54 ± 27.26184.81 ± 16.4339.31 ± 2.62 109.4 ± 7.295.45 ± 0.39259.75 ± 17.32
Ardisia  crenata Sims.26.29 ± 2.9843.22 ± 3.8447.63 ± 3.18144.4 ± 9.634.66 ± 0.4266.90 ± 4.89
Citrus  medica L. var. sarcodactylis Swingle181.99 ± 20.6370.94 ± 6.3147.71 ± 3.34128.7 ± 8.585.92 ± 0.5193.00 ± 8.20

P: available P; K: available K; N: available N; OM: organic matter; EC: electrical conductivity; means of six replicates ± standard deviation.