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Table 4 Effect of crop species on TCDPB expressed in log10 CFU per mL of leachate during experimental runs

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

  TCDPB in experiment 1
(soil A) 		TCDPB 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 4.96c,B 5.40a,A 5.28a,AB 5.65a,A 4.90c 4.84b 4.98c
Alfalfa 5.70a,A 5.20ab,B 5.35a,B 5.54ab,A 5.13b 5.36a 5.46ab
Canola 4.42d,C 4.79c,BC 5.12ab,AB 5.33b,A 5.49a 5.42a 5.53a
Soybean 5.41ab 5.35ab 5.53a – 5.36ab 5.38a 4.99c
Wheat 5.22bc 5.19b 4.73b – 5.36ab 5.13ab 5.16bc
SEM 0.104 0.073 0.167 0.081 0.084 0.137 0.106
P value < .0001 < .0001 0.020 0.042 0.001 0.029 0.005
  1. *Days after planting
  2. Abbreviations: UC unplanted control, TCDPB total culturable DNase-producing bacteria
  3. Mean separation done for each sampling date within each experiment
  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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