TABLE 2.

The relative importance of plant growth stage (PGS) and watering treatment (WT) for the total bacterial community structure associated to rhizosphere and root compartments in the samples investigated in this study as revealed by PERMANOVA.

	Rhizosphere				Root
Parameter	df	Pseudo-F	R 2	P−value	df	Pseudo-F	R 2	P−value
PGS	2	5.2378	0.2041	0.001	2	11.7182	0.3010	0.001
WT	1	5.8123	0.1132	0.001	1	13.1147	0.1684	0.001
PGS * WT	2	2.5079	0.0977	0.001	2	5.6546	0.1452	0.001