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. 2014 Jul 9;4:5634. doi: 10.1038/srep05634

Table 2. ANOVA results for effects of Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF), Earthworms (EW), Roundup (RU) and their interactions on PLFA amount of 16:1ω5 and NLFA amount of 16:1ω5 in different soil layers. ANOVA with * for P < 0.05, ** for P < 0.01, *** for P < 0.001.

  PLFA NLFA NLFA:PLFA ratio
Parameter F P F P F P
Soil depth 0–5 cm            
AMF 4.926 0.041* 0.296 0.594 0.046 0.832
EW 0.029 0.866 4.595 0.048* 5.445 0.033*
RU 1.154 0.299 0.064 0.803 0.520 0.481
AMF × EW 0.751 0.399 0.425 0.524 1.207 0.288
AMF × RU 9.069 0.008** 6.353 0.023* 2.730 0.118
EW × RU 5.957 0.027* 2.543 0.130 0.734 0.404
AMF × EW × RU 0.031 0.862 3.486 0.080 4.267 0.055
Soil depth 5–10 cm            
AMF 0.011 0.918 4.485 0.050* 4.165 0.058
EW 8.047 0.011* 4.399 0.052 13.135 0.002**
RU 0.470 0.503 2.241 0.154 3.448 0.082
AMF × EW 4.146 0.059 3.126 0.096 0.411 0.530
AMF × RU 4.522 0.049* 3.424 0.083 0.454 0.510
EW × RU 2.050 0.171 5.449 0.033* 2.346 0.145
AMF × EW × RU 0.948 0.345 0.038 0.849 0.522 0.480