Effect of community-based soil and water conservation practices on arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi types, spore densities, root colonization, and soil nutrients in the northern highlands of Ethiopia

Chemical and Biological Technologies in Agriculture

Table 2 Effect of SWC measures on total spore density (mean ± SEM)

Spore type	Non-conserved grazing lands	Terraces	Exclosures + terraces	Exclosures alone
Glomus	436.7 ± 72^b	587.8 ± 58^ab	754.4 ± 86^a	815.5 ± 97^a
Acaulospora	142.2 ± 22^b	230.0 ± 42^ab	276.7 ± 33^a	257.8 ± 29^a
Gigaspora	104.4 ± 18^b	152.2 ± 18^ab	181.1 ± 14^a	196.7 ± 30^a
Scutellospora	125.6 ± 18^a	142.2 ± 21^a	193.3 ± 27^a	188.9 ± 18^a
Entrophospora	16.6 ± 8^b	42.2 ± 9^ab	83.3 ± 25^a	58.9 ± 13^ab
Grand total	825.6 ± 121^b	1154.0 ± 103^ab	1489.0 ± 112^a	1518.0 ± 158^a

Means followed by the same letter across each column do not differ significantly at P ≤ 0.05