Table 1. Diversity of cbbLR and nifH genes were affected by different long-term fertilizer treatments.
Treatments | cbbLR | nifH | ||||
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Diversity index | Richness index | Evenness index | Diversity index | Richness index | Evenness index | |
CK | 3.25±0.10b | 2.58±0.09b | 2.26±0.07 | 3.12±0.09b | 2.51±0.06b | 2.25±0.07 |
MF | 3.62±0.09a | 3.22±0.07a | 2.22±0.06 | 3.47±0.10a | 2.76±0.08a | 2.24±0.06 |
RF | 3.47±0.10ab | 3.17±0.09a | 2.29±0.07 | 3.43±0.10ab | 2.70±0.08a | 2.28±0.07 |
OM | 3.55±0.10ab | 3.11±0.09a | 2.31±0.07n.s. | 3.35±0.10ab | 2.65±0.07a | 2.32±0.07n.s. |
MF: Chemical fertilizer alone; RF: Rice straw and chemical fertilizer; OM: 30% organic manure and 70% chemical fertilizer; CK: Unfertilized as a control.
Values were presented as mean ± standard error.
n.s. means not significantly differences. Different lowercase letters in the same column were indicated significantly difference at p<0.05 level.