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Table 2 Spore density and spore genera in exclosures and grazing land (100 g−1 dry soil)

From: Exclosures restored the density and root colonization of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in Tigray, Northern Ethiopia

LU

Gigaspora

Scutellospora

Glomus

Sclerocystis

Acaulospora

Entrophospora

Sum

EX

206.3 ± 5.5a

105.2 ± 3.3a

2468.2 ± 42.2a

0.013 ± .009a

1582.2 ± 30.8a

23.2 ± 1.3a

4385.3 ± 80.4a

GL

2.3 ± 8.5b

0.271 ± 5.1b

110.2 ± 64.3b

0.000 ± .013a

63.3 ± 47.0b

0.068 ± 1.9b

176.3 ± 122.5b

  1. Means followed by the same letter in the same column are not significantly different at P < 0.05 level, mean ± SEM
  2. GL grazing land, EX exclosure, LU land use types