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. 2014 May 8;9(5):e95031. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0095031

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).