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. 2014 Oct 10;9(10):e108555. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0108555

Table 2. Effect of different treatments on soil fungi community structure diversity as evaluated by Shannon index (H), Evenness index (E) and Simpson index (C) in the DGGE-PCR.

Treatments Shannon-Wiener (H) Evenness index (E) Simpson index (C)
Seeding Tasseling Mature Seeding Tasseling Mature Seeding Tasseling Mature
CK 1.86±0.18cA 2.08±0.01cA 1.04±0.01cB 0.96±0.01aA 0.96±0.01aA 0.95±0.01aA 0.12±0.03cB 0.09±0.01cB 0.18±0.01aA
N 2.03±0.11bA 1.81±0.12dA 0.69±0.01dB 0.93±0.01aA 0.96±0.01aA 0.98±0.01aA 0.15±0.01cA 0.17±0.02bA 0.19±0.01aA
B 1.83±0.16cB 2.55±0.04bA 1.06±0.01cC 0.95±0.02aA 0.98±0.01aA 0.97±0.01aA 0.24±0.02aB 0.29±0.01aA 0.17±0.01aC
NB 1.84±0.17cB 2.26±0.04cA 1.03±0.01cC 0.95±0.01aA 0.96±0.01aA 0.94±0.01aA 0.19±0.03bB 0.25±0.01aA 0.20±0.01aB
M 2.13±0.03abB 2.65±0.11abA 2.71±0.01aA 0.93±0.01aA 0.98±0.01aA 0.96±0.01aA 0.13±0.01cA 0.11±0.01cA 0.15±0.01bA
MB 2.20±0.02aB 2.79±0.08aA 2.55±0.20bA 0.96±0.01aA 0.98±0.02aA 0.96±0.034aA 0.12±0.01cA 0.08±0.005cB 0.14±0.06bA

Data analyzed by two-way ANOVA, LSD test, p<0.05. Different lower case letters indicate significant difference among fertilizer treatments; different upper case letters indicate significant difference among maize growth stages.