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Ecological Processes
Fig. 2 | Ecological Processes

Fig. 2

From: Contrasting plant growth performance of invasive polyploid and native diploid Prosopis is mediated by the soil bacterial community

Fig. 2

Effect of soil biota exclusion and inoculation of PC1 and PJ1 isolates on the plant growth performance of Prosopis juliflora (PJ) and Prosopis cineraria (PC). The numbers (1–8) refer to different growth medium combination, namely PJ in natural garden soil (1); PJ in sterile soil (2); PJ in sterile soil inoculated with PJ1 bacterial isolate (3); PJ in sterile soil inoculated with PC1 bacterial isolate (4); PC in natural garden soil (5); PC in sterile soil (6); PC in sterile soil inoculated with PC1 bacterial isolate (7); PC in sterile soil inoculated with PJ1 bacterial isolate (8). All the seedlings represent 12-week-old seedlings at the end of the experiments and the figures on top right corners indicate the presence of thorns in the Prosopis congeners. Thorns in PJ seedlings were more abundant and larger as compared to those of PC seedlings

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