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85.0

0

113.6

6

80.0

0

126.0

0

20.3

6

31.3

4

80.6

6

T7

26.8

7

33.1

1

68.0

0

111.3

3

72.0

0

118.0

0

18.1

4

27.5

6

75.6

6

S.E

. 4.9

4

5.1

5

8.8

0

9.9

3

7.7

2

10.2

2

0.9

8

1.3

5

11.5

5

C.D

. (p

=0.0

5)

11.3

2

12.0

9

19.5

6

21.8

2

17.8

6

23.4

4

2.0

2

2.7

8

24.8

0

2

46

DA

T –

Days

Aft

er T

ransp

lanta

tion

2

47

Ta

ble

18

Eff

ect

of

G. fa

scic

ula

tum

on

th

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colo

niz

ati

on

an

d s

po

re p

op

ula

tio

n o

f A

M f

un

gi

on

ch

illi

(va

r. P

LR

-1)

gro

wn

un

der

dif

fere

nt

con

cen

tra

tio

ns

of

So

diu

m c

hlo

rid

e

Tre

atm

ents

AM

F c

olo

niz

ati

on

(%)

Nu

mb

er

of

AM

F

spore

s/100 g

soil

Nu

mb

er

of

bra

nch

es/p

lan

t

Pla

nt

dry

wei

gh

t

(g/p

lan

t)

60 D

AT

120 D

AT

60 D

AT

120 D

AT

60 D

AT

120 D

AT

60 D

AT

120 D

AT

T1

34.1

2

45.1

0

65.3

3

128.0

0

18.5

5

24.5

4

26.8

2

38.8

0

T2

59.3

5

69.1

8

145.0

3

187.0

0

23.5

5

29.4

8

29.8

7

44.1

5

T3

22.8

9

33.2

8

47.3

3

90.3

3

15.3

3

21.3

7

23.6

2

37.1

6

T4

48.1

5

59.2

0

112.0

0

155.6

7

19.8

7

26.1

0

27.5

8

42.5

5

T5

9.1

5

20.1

9

19.6

7

62.6

7

14.5

5

21.0

8

20.5

1

35.7

6

T6

23.2

5

34.3

5

45.0

0

87.6

7

17.4

2

23.4

0

22.6

9

37.9

5

S.E

. 1.5

5

3.0

1

3.7

8

6.7

5

1.1

7

1.2

8

0.8

6

1.0

2

C.D

. (p

=0.0

5)

3.4

8

4.5

0

7.8

6

10.4

2

2.8

7

2.9

8

1.8

9

2.3

6

DA

T -

Days

Aft

er T

ransp

lanta

tion

2

48

Ta

ble

20

Eff

ect

of

G. f

asc

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latu

m o

n t

he

roo

t co

lon

iza

tio

n, G

row

th a

nd

yie

ld o

f ch

illi

(var.

PL

R-1

)

gro

wn

un

der

dif

fere

nt

deg

rees

of

pH

Tre

atm

ents

AM

F c

olo

niz

ati

on

(%)

Nu

mb

er

of

AM

F

spore

s/100 g

soil

Nu

mb

er

of

bra

nch

es/ p

lan

t

Pla

nt

dry

wei

gh

t

(g/p

lan

t)

Nu

mb

er

of

fru

its/

pla

nt

60 D

AT

120

DA

T

60 D

AT

12

0D

AT

60 D

AT

12

0D

AT

60 D

AT

120D

AT

T1

12.2

2

22.2

0

60.0

0

103.0

0

10.6

6

16.3

3

17.2

6

32.2

0

43.0

0

T2

21.2

6

31.2

5

81.0

0

124.6

6

15.0

0

21.3

3

23.2

8

38.3

0

57.0

0

T3

14.4

6

24.4

4

69.3

3

112.0

0

11.0

0

17.6

6

18.4

8

33.4

0

49.0

0

T4

24.3

6

33.9

9

94.0

0

138.3

3

16.6

6

23.3

3

25.6

7

40.7

1

61.3

3

T5

20.7

5

31.0

0

80.3

3

122.6

6

13.0

0

18.6

6

19.9

2

34.9

0

53.3

3

T6

55.4

6

65.0

0

119.3

3

162.0

0

18.0

0

24.0

0

27.6

5

42.5

0

82.0

0

T7

24.7

8

35.7

7

95.0

0

139.6

6

15.3

3

21.6

6

21.9

8

36.9

5

65.6

6

T8

57.4

8

69.1

2

138.0

0

181.0

0

21.3

3

27.6

6

29.7

0

43.2

0

128.3

3

T9

30.1

8

39.8

6

112.6

6

155.3

3

18.6

6

25.0

0

23.4

9

38.5

1

98.6

6

T1

0

61.0

0

70.2

0

145.3

3

187.0

0

24.6

6

30.6

6

30.8

1

45.0

1

138.0

0

S.E

. 0.6

7

0.7

3

1.2

7

2.5

7

1.3

9

0.8

0

0.3

8

0.7

5

3.9

7

2

49

C.D

. (p

=0.0

5)

1.4

4

1.6

3

2.8

9

5.4

9

2.8

2

1.7

8

0.9

2

1.7

7

8.7

9

DA

T –

Days

Aft

er T

ransp

lanta

tion

ble

21 Eff

ect

of

G. fa

scic

ula

tum

on

th

e ro

ot

colo

niz

ati

on

an

d c

erta

in q

ua

lity

para

met

ers

of

chil

li (

va

r. P

LR

-1)

gro

wn

un

der

dif

fere

nt

mo

istu

re s

tres

s

Tre

atm

ents

A

MF

fu

ngi

colo

niz

ati

on

(%

)

Nu

mb

er

of

AM

F

spore

s/100 g

soil

Soil

mois

ter

con

ten

t (%

)

Rel

ati

ve

leaf

wate

r co

nte

nt

(%)

Mem

bra

ne

stab

ilit

y i

nd

ex

Pro

lin

e

(µg/m

g)

Pla

nt

dry

wei

gh

t

(g/p

lan

t)

T1

63.2

6

155.6

6

19.5

6

68.6

2

69.2

2

100.3

4

33.9

5

T2

35.3

6

78.6

6

17.0

5

58.8

8

55.3

4

118.5

6

28.5

4

T3

73.6

4

198.3

3

18.8

2

75.9

4

86.2

1

105.6

4

45.0

7

T4

46.1

5

122.0

0

16.3

8

62.4

2

70.3

3

134.6

5

43.5

6

T5

68.1

5

173.6

6

18.0

0

65.1

1

77.9

9

125.7

6

58.9

7

T6

40.9

0

97.6

6

15.8

9

53.1

3

61.7

8

146.9

8

53.6

7

S.E

. 2.5

5

8.7

2

0.3

1

3.9

2

3.4

5

5.8

6

2.1

4

2

50

C.D

.

(p=

0.0

5)

4.9

7

21.9

8

0.6

7

9.7

5

7.8

9

11.9

1

4.8

7

2

51

Ta

ble

22

Eff

ect

of

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scic

ula

tum

on

th

e ro

ot

colo

niz

ati

on

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nt

dry

wei

gh

t, N

con

ten

tan

d y

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of

chil

li (

va

r.

PL

R-1

) gro

wn

un

der

dif

fere

nt

lev

els

of

ino

rga

nic

nit

rogen

Tre

atm

ents

AM

F c

olo

niz

ati

on

(%)

Nu

mb

er

of

AM

F

spore

s/100 g

soil

Pla

nt

dry

wei

gh

t

(g/p

lan

t)

N c

on

ten

t in

sh

oot

(%)

N c

on

ten

t in

root

(%)

Nu

mb

er

of

fru

its/

pla

nt

60 D

AT

120 D

AT

60 D

AT

120 D

AT

60 D

AT

120 D

AT

60 D

AT

120 D

AT

60 D

AT

120 D

AT

T1

61.8

1

71.9

2

149.0

0

193.0

0

32.1

6

47.1

0

0.8

2

1.7

0

0.6

7

1.6

6

148.6

6

T2

63.2

3

74.0

7

171.0

0

214.0

0

37.7

5

54.9

9

0.8

7

1.7

8

0.7

3

1.7

5

164.0

0

T3

62.5

3

72.8

7

160.3

7

202.4

1

34.9

4

51.7

3

0.8

4

1.7

4

0.7

0

1.7

1

156.5

2

T4

58.8

8

67.9

8

140.3

3

182.3

3

30.5

3

45.5

0

0.7

9

1.6

5

0.6

5

1.6

1

145.6

6

T5

41.7

8

53.7

8

97.0

0

148.6

7

24.6

0

36.5

8

0.6

2

1.4

3

0.4

9

1.3

5

118.6

7

S.E

. 0.3

7

0.5

5

4.5

1

5.0

1

1.1

2

1.5

5

0.0

13

0.0

18

0.0

13

0.0

19

2.7

9

C.D

. (p

=0.0

5)

0.8

2

1.2

8

10.7

3

11.6

2

2.9

0

3.3

5

0.0

35

0.0

47

0.0

34

0.0

48

7.5

2

DA

T -

Days

Aft

er T

ransp

lanta

tion

2

52

Ta

ble

23

Eff

ect

of

G. fa

scic

ula

tum

on

th

e ro

ot

colo

niz

ati

on

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nt

dry

wei

gh

t, P

co

nte

nta

nd

yie

ld o

f ch

illi

(va

r. P

LR

-1)

gro

wn

un

der

dif

fere

nt

lev

els

of

ino

rga

nic

ph

osp

horu

s

Tre

atm

ents

AM

F c

olo

niz

ati

on

(%)

Nu

mb

er

of

AM

F

spore

s /100 g

soil

Pla

nt

dry

wei

gh

t

(g)

P c

on

ten

t in

shoot

(%)

P c

on

ten

t in

root

(%)

Nu

mb

er

of

f ru

its/

pla

nt

60 D

AT

120

DA

T

60

DA

T

120

DA

T

60

DA

T

120

DA

T

60

DA

T

120

DA

T

60

DA

T

120

DA

T

T1

62.2

2

72.2

0

150

.00

193.6

6

32.6

1

48.6

0

0.6

2

0.8

2

0.3

3

0.6

4

148.6

6

T2

64.4

7

75.1

0

172

.66

216.3

3

37.7

9

54.0

9

0.7

0

0.9

2

0.3

8

0.6

9

162.3

3

T3

63.0

1

73.5

0

158

.33

201.0

0

34.4

7

49.4

4

0.6

4

0.8

6

0.3

7

0.6

7

152.6

6

T4

60.5

5

70.4

5

145.3

3

188.6

6

31.0

0

45.7

6

0.5

9

0.7

8

0.3

1

0.6

0

136.3

3

T5

40.1

8

52.3

8

91.6

7

148.3

3

23.6

0

39

.58

0.4

5

0.2

4

0.2

2

0.5

1

101.6

7

S.E

. 0.6

1

0.6

8

6.7

7

8.9

3

1.2

1

1.9

8

0.0

24

0.0

29

0.0

03

0.0

08

3.7

1

C.D

.

(p=

0.0

5)

1.3

4

1.5

1

13.8

9

14.9

1

2.9

1

4.2

4

0.0

58

0.0

68

0.0

09

0.0

18

8.5

2

2

53

D

AT

- D

ays

Aft

er T

ransp

lanta

tion

2

54

Ta

ble

24

Eff

ect

of

G. fa

scic

ula

tum

on

th

e ro

ot

colo

niz

ati

on

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nt

dry

wei

gh

t, K

co

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nta

nd

yie

ld o

f ch

illi

(va

r. P

LR

-1)

gro

wn

un

der

dif

fere

nt

lev

els

of

ino

rga

nic

Po

tass

ium

Tre

atm

ents

AM

F c

olo

niz

ati

on

(%)

Nu

mb

er

of

AM

F

spore

s/100 g

soil

Pla

nt

dry

wei

gh

t

(g/p

lan

t)

K c

on

ten

t in

sh

oot

(%)

K c

on

ten

t in

roo

t

(%)

Nu

mb

er

of

f ru

its/

pla

nt

60 D

AT

120 D

AT

60 D

AT

120 D

AT

60 D

AT

120 D

AT

60 D

AT

120 D

AT

60 D

AT

120 D

AT

T1

62.5

2

72.5

0

151

.00

194.6

6

32.6

1

47.5

8

0.7

4

1.2

3

0.2

8

0.9

4

158.5

5

T2

64.3

2

75.2

0

175.6

6

220.0

0

37.8

0

54.9

5

0.8

0

1.3

1

0.3

4

1.0

1

174.0

0

T3

63.4

9

73.6

2

161.5

3

204.3

1

33.3

2

49.1

6

0.7

6

1.2

5

0.3

1

0.9

4

163.6

7

T4

61.2

5

71.2

8

145.0

0

188.3

3

29.8

0

44.9

1

0.7

1

1.2

0

0.4

0

1.0

9

142.6

6

T5

42.7

1

54.7

0

99.0

0

152.3

3

22.6

0

35.5

8

0.6

2

1.1

0

0.1

5

0.7

1

112.6

7

S.E

. 0.3

6

0.7

7

6.1

3

7.3

3

2.1

1

2.5

2

0.0

15

0.0

24

0.0

17

0.0

31

5.3

8

C.D

. (p

=0.0

5)

0.8

7

1.6

2

14.2

2

15.7

8

4.5

6

5.8

9

0.0

38

0.0

57

0.0

40

0.0

76

10.4

3

DA

T -

Days

Aft

er T

ransp

lanta

tion

2

55

Ta

ble

25

Eff

ect

of

gra

ded

lev

els

of

NP

K o

n t

he

roo

t co

lon

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tio

n w

ith

AM

F, p

lan

t d

ry w

eig

ht

an

d

NP

K c

on

ten

t fr

om

lea

ves

of

chil

li (

va

r. P

LR

-1)

Tre

atm

ents

AM

F

colo

niz

ati

on

(%)

Nu

mb

er

of

AM

F s

pore

s/100

g s

oil

Pla

nt

dry

wei

gh

t (g

/pla

nt)

N

itro

gen

(%

) P

hosp

horu

s

(%)

Pota

ssiu

m (

%)

60

DA

T

120

DA

T

60

DA

T

120

DA

T

60

DA

T

120

DA

T

60

DA

T

120

DA

T

60

DA

T

12

0

DA

T

60

DA

T

120

DA

T

T1

62.2

0

72.2

3

151.3

3

194.0

0

33.0

5

48.1

5

0.7

5

1.6

6

0.7

0

1.1

5

0.9

1

1.3

8

T2

65.8

0

78.2

3

189.6

6

234.3

3

37.0

1

55.4

6

1.2

4

2.2

4

1.1

0

1.3

9

1.1

3

1.8

1

T3

63.8

9

74.4

5

164.0

0

207.6

6

34.8

9

52.8

0

1.1

8

2.1

6

0.9

7

1.2

7

0.9

9

1.6

5

T4

61.0

2

70.7

2

147.0

0

190.0

0

32.1

3

47.1

0

0.9

6

1.9

4

0.9

2

1.2

2

0.9

4

1.6

0

T5

42.6

7

54.7

8

101.3

3

145.0

0

25.6

3

37.5

9

0.7

2

1.6

3

0.6

9

1.0

7

0.8

1

1.4

2

S.E

. 0.7

8

1.5

2

11.8

0

11.4

3

0.8

2

1.1

2

0.0

23

0.0

31

0.0

43

0.0

49

0.0

39

0.0

41

C.D

.

(p=

0.0

5)

1.8

5

3.3

2

24.3

3

25.5

7

1.9

1

2.5

1

0.0

56

0.0

72

0.0

98

0.1

01

0.1

10

0.1

30

2

56

Ta

ble

26

Eff

ect

of

gra

ded

lev

els

of

NP

K o

n t

he

pig

men

t co

nst

itu

ents

of

chil

li (

va

r. P

LR

-1)

Tre

atm

ents

Ch

loro

ph

yll

‘a’

(mg

/g)

Ch

loro

ph

yll

‘b

’

(mg

/g)

Tota

l C

hlo

rop

hyll

(mg

/g)

Caro

ten

oid

(mg

/g)

Xan

thop

hyll

(mg

/g)

60 D

AT

120D

AT

60 D

AT

120D

AT

60 D

AT

120D

AT

60 D

AT

120D

AT

60 D

AT

120D

AT

T1

0.9

7

1.5

0

0.9

4

1.4

7

1.1

5

1.6

8

0.6

9

1.0

7

0.1

0

0.5

5

T2

1.2

9

1.8

3

1.1

7

1.7

2

1.3

7

1.9

3

0.8

2

1.2

2

0.2

1

0.6

8

T3

1.1

3

1.6

6

0.9

8

1.5

1

1.2

3

1.7

5

0.7

4

1.1

2

0.1

4

0.6

0

T4

0.9

5

1.4

8

0.9

0

1.4

3

1.1

8

1.7

1

0.6

5

1.0

3

0.0

8

0.5

3

T5

0.8

5

1.3

4

0.7

1

1.2

3

0.8

8

1.3

4

0.4

5

0.8

0

0.0

2

0.4

1

S.E

. 0.0

49

0.0

68

0.0

62

0.0

87

0.0

46

0.0

62

0.0

31

0.0

39

0.0

25

0.0

32

C.D

. (p

=0.0

5)

0.1

20

0.1

59

0.1

50

0.1

98

0.1

10

0.1

47

0.0

72

0.0

93

0.0

61

0.0

73

DA

T -

Days

Aft

er T

ransp

lanta

tion

2

57

Ta

ble

29

Eff

ect

of

dif

fere

nt

lev

els

of

farm

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rd o

n t

he

cert

ain

pig

men

ts c

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ten

t ch

illi

(va

r. P

LR

-1)

Tre

atm

ents

Ch

loro

ph

yll

‘a’

(mg

/g)

Ch

loro

ph

yll

‘b

’

(mg

/g)

Tota

l C

hlo

rop

hyll

(mg

/g)

Caro

ten

oid

(mg

/g)

Xan

thop

hyll

(mg

/g)

60 D

AT

120D

AT

60 D

AT

120D

AT

60 D

AT

120D

AT

60 D

AT

120D

AT

60 D

AT

120D

AT

T1

0.9

1

1.4

4

0.8

9

1.4

2

1.0

2

1.5

5

0.6

8

1.0

4

0.0

5

0.4

8

T2

0.9

5

1.4

7

0.9

2

1.4

5

1.1

3

1.6

7

0.7

0

1.0

7

0.0

7

0.5

1

T3

0.9

7

1.5

0

0.9

4

1.4

7

1.1

7

1.7

0

0.7

1

1.0

9

0.0

8

0.5

3

T4

1.2

3

1.7

6

1.2

1

1.7

4

1.3

2

1.8

5

0.8

9

1.4

2

0.2

0

0.7

3

T5

1.3

5

1.9

0

1.3

2

1.8

7

1.4

9

2.0

5

1.0

3

1.5

8

0.3

7

0.9

1

T6

0.8

7

1.3

9

0.8

2

1.3

4

0.9

2

1.4

4

0.6

1

0.9

8

0.0

2

0.4

3

S.E

. 0.0

35

0.0

54

0.0

47

0.0

56

0.0

69

0.0

82

0.0

57

0.0

66

0.0

75

0.0

76

C.D

. (p

=0.0

5)

0.0

98

0.1

35

0.1

06

0.1

22

0.1

53

0.1

82

0.1

35

0.1

52

0.1

63

0.1

77

DA

T –

Days

Aft

er T

ransp

lanta

tion

2

58

Ta

ble

34 Eff

ect

of

ind

ivid

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bin

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dB

.meg

ate

riu

m

on

th

e p

igm

ents

of

chil

li (

va

r. P

LR

-1)

Tre

atm

ents

Ch

loro

ph

yll

‘a’

(mg

/g)

Ch

loro

ph

yll

‘b

’

(mg

/g)

Tota

l C

hlo

rop

hyll

(mg

/g)

Caro

ten

oid

(mg

/g)

Xan

thop

hyll

(mg

/g)

60

DA

T

120

DA

T

180

DA

T

60

DA

T

120

DA

T

180

DA

T

60

DA

T

120

DA

T

180

DA

T

60

DA

T

120

DA

T

180

DA

T

60

DA

T

120

DA

T

180

DA

T

T1

0.9

8

1.5

2

1.2

6

0.9

4

1.5

0

1.2

3

1.2

0

1.7

2

1.4

2

0.6

9

1.0

8

0.7

8

0.0

9

0.5

7

0.3

2

T2

0.9

2

1.4

7

1.2

1

0.9

0

1.4

6

1.1

8

1.1

3

1.6

9

1.4

0

0.7

1

1.1

2

0.8

3

0.0

7

0.5

5

0.3

0

T3

0.9

1

1.4

5

1.1

9

0.8

7

1.4

4

1.1

6

1.1

2

1.6

8

1.3

6

0.6

7

1.0

5

0.7

7

0.0

4

0.5

3

0.2

9

T4

1.3

8

1.9

8

1.6

7

1.3

6

1.9

5

1.6

5

1.7

8

2.4

8

2.1

1

1.1

0

1.6

0

1.3

6

0.1

2

0.6

0

0.3

4

T5

1.3

4

1.9

5

1.6

0

1.3

3

1.8

8

1.6

2

1.7

2

2.4

1

2.0

7

1.0

6

1.5

2

1.3

0

0.1

3

0.6

1

0.3

6

T6

1.4

6

2.0

8

1.7

6

1.4

2

2.0

3

1.7

2

1.8

6

2.5

8

2.1

9

1.1

6

1.7

1

1.4

5

0.1

9

0.6

8

0.4

2

T7

0.6

3

1.0

1

0.6

1

0.5

0

1.0

8

0.7

8

0.7

4

1.3

6

1.0

5

0.4

1

0.8

5

0.5

9

0.0

2

0.4

2

0.1

7

2

59

S.E

. 0.0

35

0.0

47

0.0

41

0.0

23

0.0

36

0.3

01

0.0

26

0.0

35

0.0

41

0.0

22

0.0

37

0.0

36

0.0

24

0.0

27

0.0

32

C.D

. (p

=0.0

5)

0.0

77

0.0

98

0.0

86

0.0

53

0.0

78

0.0

66

0.0

74

0.0

95

0.0

88

0.0

58

0.0

96

0.0

82

0.0

55

0.0

78

0.0

67

DA

T -

Days

Aft

er T

ransp

lanta

tion

2

60

261

262