Table 1. Pairwise ANOSIM analysis among EV and irAOC genotype tissues of the culture-independent approach.

Pairwise Tests	Culture-independent
Groups	R-Statistic	P
EVR and EVL	0.51	0.02
EVR and irAOCL	0.83	0.008
irAOCR and EVL	0.45	0.02
irAOCR and irAOCL	0.71	0.008
EVL and irAOCL	0.06	0.73
EVR and irAOCR	0.04	0.66
Global	0.45	0.002

Abbreviations: R, roots; L, leaves and for the experimental set up and approach see Figure 2.