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Table 7 Effect of crop species on TBL using 16S rRNA gene copies expressed in log10 per mL of leachate during experimental runs

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

 

TBL in experiment 1

(soil A)

 

TBL 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

6.93a,AB

7.19a,A

6.66b,C

6.86a,BC

7.27a

6.76b

6.68a

Alfalfa

6.84a,A

6.83ab,A

6.64b,AB

6.43ab,B

7.61a,A

7.59a,A

6.51a,B

Canola

6.86a,A

6.54b,A

6.70ab,A

5.96b,B

7.52a,A

7.68a,A

6.80a,B

Soybean

6.91a

6.96ab

6.94a

–

7.65a,A

7.13b,A

5.65b,B

Wheat

6.73a,B

7.09a,A

6.70ab,B

–

7.75a,A

7.71a,A

7.04a,B

SEM

0.076

0.160

0.089

0.205

0.172

0.153

0.254

P value

0.333

0.049

0.157

0.047

0.372

0.002

0.013

  1. *Days after planting
  2. Abbreviations: UC unplanted control, TBL total bacteria load
  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
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Annals of Microbiology

ISSN: 1869-2044

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