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. 2020 Jul 10;11:1587. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2020.01587

TABLE 2.

Mean values of bacterial α-diversity indices in the rhizosphere of canola under different crop diversification levels, in 2013 and 2016.

2013
2016
Index1 Monoculture2 Low Medium High Monoculture Low Medium High
Shannon 5,256 5,297 5,318 5,219 5,397 5,321 5,183 5,227
Simpson 0,990 0,989 0,990 0,988 0,990 0,989 0,985 0,986
Chao1 347,961 385,078 394,167 365,999 441,829 429,286 396,087 428,412
Richness 346,467 382,942 396,768 364,275 436,833 423,442 390,867 420,333

1No significant differences in diversity index values were detected between the crop rotations by Tukey test α = 0.05. 2Monoculture, canola monoculture; Low, wheat-canola rotation; Medium, pea-barley-canola rotation; High, lentil-wheat-LL-pea-barley-RR.