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Table 1 Taxonomic diversity of phyllosphere microbial communities

From: Responses of phyllosphere microbiota and plant health to application of two different biocontrol agents

 

Sob

Chao1

H

Inv-D

D

E

Original

504 ± 127a

619 ± 123a

3.08 ± 1.22a

12.49 ± 10.61a

0.77 ± 0.27a

0.49 ± 0.18a

CK14

286 ± 101b

448 ± 159b

1.90 ± 0.38bc

3.25 ± 0.93b

0.66 ± 0.13ab

0.34 ± 0.07bc

A14

136 ± 43c*

252 ± 91bc*

2.35 ± 0.44ab*

5.65 ± 1.7b*

0.81 ± 0.07a*

0.48 ± 0.06ab*

B14

170 ± 33c*

349 ± 66c

2.14 ± 0.18bc

5.66 ± 1.37b*

0.81 ± 0.06a*

0.42 ± 0.05ab*

Ck28

69 ± 8c

134 ± 29c

0.42 ± 0.16d

1.18 ± 0.09b

0.15 ± 0.07c

0.10 ± 0.04d

A28

170 ± 16c*

278 ± 42c*

1.28 ± 0.56 cd*

2.26 ± 1.32b

0.45 ± 0.20b*

0.25 ± 0.11c*

B28

444 ± 58a*

715 ± 62a*

2.16 ± 0.52bc*

3.64 ± 1.31b*

0.68 ± 0.15ab*

0.36 ± 0.08abc*

  1. Results are means and SD of replicates (n = 8)
  2. Sob observed OTU number, H Shannon diversity index, Inv-D inverse Simpson diversity index, D Simpson diversity index, E Pielou evenness
  3. Statistically significant differences (p < 0.05) in values between treatments are indicated through different letters
  4. The ‘*’ indicates the difference between treatment A or B and control (at the same day) is significant at p < 0.05 level as assessed by student t-test