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Table 5 Effect of crop species on %CDPB during experimental runs

From: The effect of crop species on DNase-producing bacteria in two soils

 

% CDPB in experiment 1

(soil A)

% CDPB in experiment 2

(soil B)

Sampling date

Sampling date

Crop

1 (49)*

2 (63)*

3 (92)*

4 (126)*

1 (32)*

2 (59)*

3 (89)*

UC

30.16ab

29.12ab

30.81a

31.87a

14.12b,AB

5.72c,B

17.33bc,A

Alfalfa

40.01a,A

15.47c,C

29.05a,AB

22.17a,BC

15.27b

20.67a

25.19abc

Canola

29.37b

34.21a

30.55a

23.72a

29.70a,A

15.63a,B

35.97a,A

Soybean

36.29ab

28.31ab

31.42a

–

21.09ab

14.40ab

14.14c

Wheat

38.29ab,A

18.09bc,B

21.53a,B

–

20.26ab,A

9.88bc,B

29.00ab,A

SEM

0.308

0.393

0.505

0.372

0.372

0.261

0.477

P value

0.145

0.009

0.644

0.129

0.020

0.0001

0.022

  1. *Days after planting
  2. Abbreviations: UC unplanted control, %CDPB proportion of culturable DNase-producing bacteria
  3. Mean separation done for each sampling date within each experimental run
  4. a,b,cMeans with different letters within columns indicate statistical differences between treatments at P < 0.05
  5. A,B,CMeans with different letters between columns indicate statistical differences between sampling dates at P < 0.05
  6. P values in bold indicate statistical significance at P < 0.05