Table 6. Average values of relationships, quotients, and indices established for control Nothofagus obliqua seedlings, and for N. obliqua seedlings inoculated with strains of Descolea antarctica.

Treatment

Morphological indices

 

Ratio

Quotient and Index

 

SL/RL

DRC/SL

SDW/RDW

Vigor quotient

Ritchie Index

Control (T)

1.61 a ± 0.423

1: 137 a ± 28.830

3.07 a ± 0.822

13.71 a ± 2.873

0.015 ab ± 0.009

D1

1.58 a ± 0.328

1: 111 b ± 22.449

2.84 b ± 0.782

11.13 b ± 2.242

0.013 b ± 0.005

D2

1.74 a ± 0.533

1: 108 b ± 19.779

3.20 a ± 0.731

10.76 b ± 1.973

0.017 a ± 0.008

D1: seedlings inoculated with the D1 strain of D. antarctica.
D2: seedlings inoculated with the D2 strain of D. antarctica.
SL/RL: stem length/root length.
DRC/SL: diameter at root collar /stem length.
SDW/RDW: stem dry weight/root dry weight.
The values correspond to the mean of n = 60 seedlings per treatment.
Values with different letters in the column differ significantly from one another (Tukey-HSD test p ≤ 0.05).

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