TABLE 2.

Permutational multivariate analysis of variance adonis and multivariate homogeneity of groups dispersions analysis (betadisper) results for prokaryotic communities associated with soybean soil, root, stem, and leal samples showing (A) the effect of agricultural management on individual growth stages (V2 – two sets of unfolded tri foliate leaves, R2 – full flower reproductive stage, and R6 – full pod development), and (B) the effect of growth stage on individual agricultural management systems.

A – Growth stage		PERMANOVA			DISPERSION
		F-value	R2	P-value	F-value	P-value
Soil	V2	5.93	0.26	1.00E-04	10.1	3.70E-04
	R2	3.47	0.21	1.00E-04	3.6	0.0417
	R6	3.1	0.16	1.00E-04	7.11	2.71E-03
Roots	V2	3.56	0.18	2.00E-04	2.07	0.143
	R2	2.01	0.11	0.0123	0.032	0.969
	R6	3.32	0.18	1.90E-03	0.739	0.486
Stems	V2	6.17	0.29	1.00E-04	3.44	0.045
	R2	6.9	0.30	1.00E-04	0.247	0.783
	R6	4.49	0.25	1.00E-04	1.11	0.344
Leaves	V2	3.94	0.23	1.00E-04	3.49	0.045
	R2	3.29	0.18	1.00E-04	0.119	0.887
	R6	6.25	0.28	1.00E-04	0.289	0.751
B – Management		PERMANOVA			DISPERSION
		F-value	R2	P-value	F-value	P-value
Soil	Conventional	3.1	0.16	1.00E-04	31.7	2.50E-08
	No-Till	2.21	0.12	1.10E-03	1.01	0.376
	Organic	2.55	0.18	3.00E-04	0.49	0.619
Roots	Conventional	2.34	0.13	7.20E-03	0.175	0.841
	No-Till	4.09	0.21	1.00E-04	0.898	0.418
	Organic	3.76	0.19	1.00E-04	0.796	0.459
Stems	Conventional	5.2	0.26	1.00E-04	1.04	0.367
	No-Till	9.1	0.36	1.00E-04	1.07	0.356
	Organic	4.31	0.24	2.00E-04	13.9	7.20E-05
Leaves	Conventional	13.9	0.48	1.00E-04	8.26	1.30E-03
	No-Till	18.6	0.54	1.00E-04	6.55	4.12E-03
	Organic	9.85	0.42	1.00E-04	9.56	7.30E-04

Significant P-values (P < 0.05) are shown in bold.