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The effect of soil volume and plant density on mycorrhizal infection and growth response was studied with onion. There was a significant negative correlation between percentage vesicular-arbuscular mycorrhizal infection and root density. The growth response due to mycorrhiza decreased when less soil was available for the plant. The root: shoot ratio decreased with increasing plant density in both mycorrhizal and non-mycorrhizal plants. Pot size did not affect the root: shoot ratio.
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Bååth, E., Hayman, D.S. Effect of soil volume and plant density on mycorrhizal infection and growth response. Plant Soil 77, 373–376 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02182939
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