Table 2. Concentrations of phenolic acids (µg·pot−1) in root exudates from different treatments at the flowering stage as detected by HPLC.
Treatment | Ferulic acid | Gallic acid | P-coumaric acid | Cinnamic acid | Salicylic acid | |
MS | - | 6.53±1.59c | - | - | - | |
LP | MC | 12.78±2.34b | 29.08±0.80a | 13.06±1.91b | 20.98±2.51b | 7.51±1.41a |
ISC | 22.13±3.24a | 14.72±2.84b | 20.33±2.78a | 25.11±2.52a | 7.88±2.72a | |
MS | - | 11.12±2.88b | - | - | - | |
HP | MC | 13.72±1.05a | 13.09±1.58b | 8.51±0.26a | 14.41±2.86b | 11.00±2.21a |
ISC | 13.18±1.73a | 21.65±2.99a | 12.86±2.28a | 20.59±2.78a | 9.32±0.47a |
Note: LP, 15 µM P; HP, 500 µM P. MS, soybean monoculture; MC, maize monoculture; ISC, maize/soybean intercropping. -, not detectable. All the data are the mean of four replicates ± SE. Data with the same letter represent no significant differences among the different cultivation modes at the same P level as determined by Duncan's multiple range test or a t-test (P<0.05).