Table 4.
Two-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) for the soil chemical and microbiological parameters of the soil treated with rhizobial inocula and essential oils as source of variance.
| Parameters | Inoculation treatment | Essential oil treatment | Inoculation × Essential oil | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| F | p | F | p | F | p | |
| Total N | n.s. | n.s. | n.s. | n.s. | n.s. | n.s. |
| NH4+ | n.s. | n.s. | n.s. | n.s. | n.s. | n.s. |
| NO3− | n.s. | n.s. | n.s. | n.s. | n.s. | n.s. |
| Bacterial abundance | 27.8 | p < 0.001 | 26.6 | p < 0.001 | 7.74 | p < 0.001 |
| Fungal abundance | n.s. | n.s. | n.s. | n.s. | 0.28 | p < 0.001 |
| Basal respiration | n.s. | n.s. | 4.90 | p < 0.05 | 6.93 | p < 0.001 |
n.s.: Not significant.