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Table 6 Effect of crop species on TCFU expressed in log10 per milliliter of leachate during experimental runs

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

  TCFU in experiment 1
(soil A) 		TCFU 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 5.49c,C 5.97a,AB 5.80ab,B 6.15a,A 5.78b,B 6.10a,A 5.77bc,B
Alfalfa 6.10a,AB 6.02a,BC 5.89ab,C 6.21a,A 5.96ab 6.05a 6.09a
Canola 4.96d,D 5.26b,C 5.68bc,B 5.97b,A 6.02a,B 6.24a,A 5.98ab,B
Soybean 5.86ab 5.91a 6.04a – 6.04a 6.23a 5.85bc
Wheat 5.64bc,B 5.95a,A 5.43c,B – 6.07a,A 6.15a,A 5.71c,B
SEM 0.085 0.053 0.107 0.052 0.068 0.141 0.079
P value < .0001 < .0001 < .0001 0.015 0.055 0.825 0.011
  1. *Days after planting
  2. Abbreviations: UC unplanted control, TCFU total colony-forming units
  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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