Table 1.
Effects of rootstock varieties and spatial positions on the entire microbial community structure.
| Taxon | Taxonomic level | Variable | df | F model | R2 | P |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prokaryotes | Order | Variety | 8 | 1.0 | 0.061 | 0.4731 |
| Location | 14 | 1.6 | 0.173 | 0.0379 | ||
| Genus | Variety | 8 | 1.1 | 0.064 | 0.3733 | |
| Location | 14 | 2.1 | 0.207 | 0.0035 | ||
| Fungi | Order | Variety | 8 | 0.6 | 0.033 | 0.7509 |
| Location | 14 | 2.2 | 0.213 | 0.0119 | ||
| Genus | Variety | 8 | 0.9 | 0.050 | 0.5586 | |
| Location | 14 | 1.9 | 0.185 | 0.0350 |
A PERMANOVA was conducted for each target community (prokaryotes or fungi) at each taxonomic level (order or genus). The rootstock varieties of host tomato and spatial positions in the field (location; Fig. 1A) were considered as explanatory variables.