Table 1. ANOVA comparisons of several fungal-related parameters between fields, years, growth stages, cultivars and GM-trait and the interaction effects of the cultivar.

	Field (df. 1)		Year (df.2)		Growth stage (df. 3)		Cultivar (df. 5)		GM- parent (df. 1)		Year×cultivar		Field×cultivar		Growth stage×cultivar		Year×Growth stage×field×cultivar
	F	P	F	P	F	P	F	P	F	P	F	P	F	P	F	P	F	P
Ergosterol (mg/g)	0.13	0.72	48.17	<0.001	19.38	<0.001	1.47	0.20	0.12	0.73	1.40	0.18	1.00	0.42	0.97	0.49	1.72	0.071
Laccases (µmol/g)	0.63	0.43	14.39	<0.001	21.19	<0.001	1.05	0.39	0.36	0.55	1.84	0.052	1.27	0.28	2.39	0.004	1.72	0.052
Mn-Peroxidases (µmol/g)	1.06	0.10	1.96	0.14	9.81	<0.001	3.31	0.06	0.67	0.42	1.02	0.43	1.07	0.38	1.86	0.031	1.69	0.043
Cellulases (µmol/g)	17.74	<0.001	23.94	<0.001	19.01	<0.001	1.08	0.37	0.04	0.83	4.03	<0.001	3.96	0.002	3.12	<0.001	1.29	0.35
# of Ascomycetes	0.41	0.52	6.28	<0.001	25.15	<0.001	1.51	0.19	2.73	0.11	0.72	0.69	0.48	0.79	2.67	0.001	1.38	0.16
# of Basidiomycetes	1.65	0.20	51.60	<0.001	20.14	<0.001	0.72	0.61	0.16	0.69	0.52	0.88	0.08	1.00	1.12	0.34	0.39	0.97
# of AMF	0.61	0.44	15.29	<0.001	6.09	<0.001	0.66	0.65	0.35	0.55	0.49	0.88	0.89	0.49	0.34	0.98	0.50	0.91

Significant P-values are marked with bold. Only samples from rhizosphere were included in analyses of growth stage, cultivar and GM-parent comparison. # indicates richness of the fungi.