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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

TreatmentsBacteria (105 g − 1)Fungi (102 g − 1)Actinomyces (105 g − 1)Total microbial population (105 g − 1)Shannon-Wiener diversity index
MP13.333 ± 0.6667A36.417 ± 1.6915A2.667 ± 0.4167A16.036 ± 0.9451B0.4615 ± 0.0284B
MC5.333 ± 0.7265B15.917 ± 1.3411B3.500 ± 0.4330A8.849 ± 1.0433C0.6818 ± 0.0126A
IP17.000 ± 1.4649A37.333 ± 0.7949A4.083 ± 0.2205A21.121 ± 1.3025A0.5042 ± 0.0299B
IC5.917 ± 0.3005B16.583 ± 0.6821B2.750 ± 0.1443A8.683 ± 0.1669C0.6359 ± 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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BMC Biotechnology

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