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. 2016 Jul 14;11(7):e0158974. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0158974

Table 2. Analysis of molecular variance (AMOVA) for different fungus populations according to the evaluated effect.

Effect Fungus Group % variation 1 P value2
Plant Genotype (Non-transgenic vs. transgenic) Total sample -0.61 0.7019 n.s.
Plants with 3 months 0.00 0.6673 n.s.
Plants with 10 months -4.76 1.0000 n.s.
Plants with 17 months -0.71 1.0000 n.s.
Root endophyte -1.16 0.7972 n.s.
Rhizosphere fungus -1.68 0.6976 n.s.
Crop management (weeded vs. herbicide) Total sample 2.88 0.3041 n.s.
Plants with 3 months 8.65 0.3394 n.s.
Plants with 10 months 6.78 0.3301 n.s.
Plants with 17 months 1.08 0.6706 n.s.
Root endophyte 0.56 0.2052 n.s.
Rhizosphere fungus -2.85 1.0000 n.s.
Plant growth stage (3 months vs. 10 months vs. 17 months) Total sample 3.30 0.0035
Non transgenic plants (NW) 3.40 0.1323 n.s.
Transgenic plants with weeded (TW) 7.80 0.1299 n.s.
Transgenic plants with herbicide (TH) -0.05 0.5971 n.s.
Root endophyte 3.21 0.0079
Rhizosphere fungus 2.71 0.0731 n.s.
Fungus community (root endophyte vs. Rhizosphere fungus) Total sample 1.76 0.0971 n.s.
Non transgenic plants (NW) -0.04 0.3971 n.s.
Transgenic plants with weeded (TW) 0.60 0.3023 n.s.
Transgenic plants with herbicide (TH) 0.68 0.2988 n.s.
Plants with 3 months 1.24 0.2033 n.s.
Plants with 10 months 2.46 0.2943 n.s.
Plants with 17 months 1.36 0.2002 n.s.

1 Percentage of variation between analyses groups;

2 P–probability of a variation component higher than the observed for the fixation index;

n.s.–non significantly values at the level of 5% probability.