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. 2014 Aug 7;22(1):643–656. doi: 10.1007/s11356-014-3395-5

Table 2.

Values of the colony development (CD) index and the eco-physiological (EP) index in soil contaminated with a mixture of diflufenican + mesosulfuron-methyl + iodosulfuron-methyl-sodium (D+M+J)

Dose of D+M+J
mg kg−1
CD EP
Org Act Fun Org Act Fun
Date of analysis (days)
30 60 30 60 30 60 30 60 30 60 30 60
0.000 34.91bcde 33.42cde 25.17bc 26.03bc 50.44defg 41.00fg 0.83a 0.82a 0.84abc 0.87a 0.59a 0.49abc
0.057 30.30e 35.72abcde 23.60c 25.40bc 75.57abc 40.93fg 0.86a 0.40a 0.76bcd 0.87a 0.45abc 0.36bc
1.140 38.24abc 35.11bcde 24.81c 25.93bc 81.18ab 55.05defg 0.86a 0.84a 0.86ab 0.86ab 0.37bc 0.52abc
2.280 35.77abcde 33.89bcde 25.63bc 26.41bc 82.68a 56.57cdef 0.83a 0.86a 0.85abc 0.85abc 0.39abc 0.48abc
4.560 40.82ab 42.59a 25.25bc 38.46a 82.09ab 62.40bcde 0.84a 0.82a 0.84abc 0.60f 0.37bc 0.47abc
9.120 34.82bcde 36.15abcde 25.27bc 30.64bc 83.02a 41.65fg 0.85a 0.82a 0.77abcd 0.81abcd 0.32c 0.52abc
18.240 40.04abc 33.35cde 25.77bc 30.77b 66.74abcd 43.16efg 0.86a 0.82a 0.77abcd 0.80abcd 0.50abc 0.44abc
36.480 37.37abcd 36.08abcde 25.94bc 30.94b 57.41cdef 49.73defg 0.83a 0.78b 0.74abc 0.66ef 0.54ab 0.47abc
r 0.33 −0,02 0.61 0.33 −0.42 −0.07 −0.29 −0.82 −0.69 −0.55 0.35 −0.02

Homogeneous groups are denoted with the same letters within microbial groups for two dates of analysis, in columns

Org organotrophic bacteria, Act actinomycetes, Fun fungi, r coefficient of correlation