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Table 3 Microbial quantity in the rhizospheric soils of MP, MC, IP and IC cultivation patterns

From: Cassava/peanut intercropping improves soil quality via rhizospheric microbes increased available nitrogen contents

Treatments

Bacteria (105 g − 1)

Fungi (102 g − 1)

Actinomyces (105 g − 1)

Total microbial population (105 g − 1)

Shannon-Wiener diversity index

MP

13.333 ± 0.6667A

36.417 ± 1.6915A

2.667 ± 0.4167A

16.036 ± 0.9451B

0.4615 ± 0.0284B

MC

5.333 ± 0.7265B

15.917 ± 1.3411B

3.500 ± 0.4330A

8.849 ± 1.0433C

0.6818 ± 0.0126A

IP

17.000 ± 1.4649A

37.333 ± 0.7949A

4.083 ± 0.2205A

21.121 ± 1.3025A

0.5042 ± 0.0299B

IC

5.917 ± 0.3005B

16.583 ± 0.6821B

2.750 ± 0.1443A

8.683 ± 0.1669C

0.6359 ± 0.0170A

  1. Note: MC monocropping cassava, MP monocropping peanut, IC planting cassava in former peanut field, IP planting peanut in former cassava field
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