TABLE 5.
Diversity indices for bacterial OTUs associated with the rhizospheres of genetically modified and non-genetically modified P. glauca trees
| Treatment | Species richness indices
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Evenness or dominance indices
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. of OTUs recorded | hanno | Chao-1 | Margalef | Alpha | Shannon evenness | Simpson | |
| cryIA(b)/uidA/nptII | 314 | 5.45 | 750.01 | 49.912 | 325.03 | 0.948 | 198.09 |
| uidA/nptII | 294 | 5.34 | 633.51 | 46.667 | 269.35 | 0.940 | 153.61 |
| Control | 270 | 5.23 | 588.39 | 43.000 | 225.63 | 0.934 | 131.51 |