. 2023 Aug 23;13:13747. doi: 10.1038/s41598-023-41005-8

Table 3.

Diversity index of bacterial and fungal communities in the rhizosphere soil of six alfalfa varieties.

		CK	WL 712	WL 525HQ	Victoria	Kangsai	Knight2	Aohan	p-Value	SEM
Bacterial	Chao 1	3437.30 ± 14.61^f	3467.42 ± 9.33^e	3356.90 ± 14.34^g	3701.38 ± 9.82^b	3969.77 ± 13.61^a	3635.97 ± 9.65^c	3592.09 ± 15.96^d	0.000	2.931
	Shannon	6.34 ± 0.01^b	6.35 ± 0.08^b	6.19 ± 0.12^c	6.43 ± 0.04^ab	6.51 ± 0.05^a	6.40 ± 0.02^ab	6.37 ± 0.07^b	0.002	0.014
	Coverage	0.99 ± 0.002^a	0.97 ± 0.005^d	0.97 ± 0.004^cd	0.98 ± 0.004^bc	0.98 ± 0.001^b	0.98 ± 0.001^b	0.98 ± 0.002^bc	0.000	0.001
Fungual	Chao 1	139.48 ± 1.05^f	172.94 ± 2.55^c	171.47 ± 1.80^c	149.23 ± 2.68^e	185.83 ± 3.73^a	180.44 ± 2.35^b	164.64 ± 2.35^d	0.000	0.517
	Shannon	2.68 ± 0.12^d	3.11 ± 0.06^c	3.34 ± 0.05^b	3.24 ± 0.14^bc	3.57 ± 0.05^a	3.39 ± 0.21^ab	3.26 ± 0.08^bc	0.000	0.024
	Coverage	0.99 ± 0.000^a	0.99 ± 0.000^abc	0.99 ± 0.000^abc	0.99 ± 0.000^ab	0.99 ± 0.001^abc	0.99 ± 0.000^c	0.99 ± 0.000^bc	0.046	0.000

Different letters in the same row indicate significant differences among different alfalfa varieties. Significant values are denoted as follows: different small letters, p < 0.05. Data are presented as the mean ± standard error.