Table 2. Soil microbial diversity evaluated using analysis of variance (ANOVA).

Stage	Sample Type	Total PLFA (nM/g)	GP (%)	GN (%)	Ana (%)	Act (%)	AMF (%)	Fun (%)	Euk (%)	Bac (%)
Panicle differentiation	H11	236.99 ± 1.25 b	28.26 ± 0.76 a	47.37 ± 0.45 d	1.12 ± 0.01 b	9.54 ± 0.20 a	2.19 ± 0.00 c	2.85 ± 0.01 d	8.68 ± 1.37 a	75.63 ± 1.20 c
	H12	218.43 ± 0.79 ab	30.32 ± 0.09 b	46.11 ± 0.57 c	0.98 ± 0.09 ab	11.24 ± 0.17 bc	2.08 ± 0.01 b	1.71 ± 0.04 a	7.59 ± 0.99 a	76.41 ± 0.67 cd
Full-heading	H21	206.26 ± 15.64 a	33.35 ± 0.13 d	42.81 ± 0.44 a	1.32 ± 0.53 b	12.07 ± 0.27 d	1.99 ± 0.01 a	1.58 ± 0.09 a	6.87 ± 0.08 a	76.16 ± 0.39 cd
	H22	194.20 ± 7.47 a	31.53 ± 0.72 c	45.99 ± 0.21 c	0.97 ± 0.17 ab	10.98 ± 0.09 b	2.09 ± 0.01 b	1.73 ± 0.10 a	6.71 ± 0.70 a	77.52 ± 0.71 d
Maturity	H31	192.27 ± 16.57 a	30.22 ± 0.24 b	44.68 ± 0.18 b	0.81 ± 0.07 ab	12.16 ± 0.18 d	2.70 ± 0.05 d	2.23 ± 0.18 b	7.22 ± 0.38 a	74.89 ± 0.06 bc
	H32	217.38 ± 13.07 ab	28.04 ± 0.73 a	45.89 ± 0.36 c	0.48 ± 0.25 a	11.55 ± 0.19 c	2.74 ± 0.09 d	2.63 ± 0.13 c	8.67 ± 0.60 a	73.93 ± 0.52 ab
Background	H40	201.11 ± 1.40 a	29.42 ± 1.03 a	44.19 ± 0.45 b	0.73 ± 0.04 ab	13.00 ± 0.76 e	2.97 ± 0.20 e	2.31 ± 0.21 b	7.40 ± 0.72 a	73.60 ± 1.46 a
Panicle differentiation	L11	146.61 ± 13.43 a	33.71 ± 0.94 a	40.11 ± 0.15 c	1.06 ± 0.09 a	11.84 ± 0.60 b	2.26 ± 0.08 ab	2.49 ± 0.12 ab	8.53 ± 0.87 a	73.82 ± 0.97 a
	L12	167.55 ± 18.64 ab	32.23 ± 0.63 a	41.79 ± 0.31 d	0.92 ± 0.24 a	10.49 ± 0.47 a	2.16 ± 0.03 a	3.31 ± 0.58 c	9.09 ± 0.69 a	74.02 ± 0.72 a
Full-heading	L21	167.69 ± 19.92 ab	37.72 ± 1.11 b	36.46 ± 0.40 a	0.86 ± 0.13 a	13.44 ± 0.43 c	2.09 ± 0.03 a	1.93 ± 0.09 a	7.50 ± 0.55 a	74.18 ± 1.06 a
	L22	156.68 ± 12.40 a	32.88 ± 1.03 a	41.23 ± 0.34 d	0.90 ± 0.54 a	10.88 ± 0.63 a	2.40 ± 0.07 ab	3.16 ± 0.47 bc	8.56 ± 0.72 a	74.11 ± 1.33 a
Maturity	L31	161.39 ± 21.96 ab	33.15 ± 1.74 a	38.21 ± 0.54 b	0.56 ± 0.04 a	12.42 ± 0.49 bc	2.51 ± 0.32 b	3.05 ± 0.27 bc	10.12 ± 3.30 a	71.36 ± 2.28 a
	L32	197.07 ± 6.59 b	33.55 ± 0.76 a	39.07 ± 0.15 c	0.82 ± 0.52 a	13.06 ± 0.47 c	2.55 ± 0.03 b	3.43 ± 0.32 c	7.50 ± 0.15 a	72.63 ± 0.61 a
Background	L40	134.17 ± 10.59 a	31.43 ± 0.86 a	39.79 ± 0.98 c	0.43 ± 0.02 a	13.48 ± 0.49 c	2.88 ± 0.16 c	3.37 ± 0.18 c	8.61 ± 0.61 a	71.22 ± 0.31 a
Sample Type (T)		8.713**	7.541*	24.090**	4.237	1.317	0.311	6.403*	1.283	19.021**
Stage (S)		0.804	4.655*	2.218	12.122**	3.568	20.516**	2.878	1.110	19.047**
T*S		5.554**	8.857**	26.644**	0.599	13.881**	5.749**	7.897**	1.994	1.041

¹The data are expressed as mean ± SD (n = 3). Different letters within columns indicate significant differences (p < 0.05).

Asterisks indicated the factor significantly explaned the varaition among the sanples (*p < 0.05; **p < 0.01).