TABLE 2.

Diversity indices for fungal assemblages in the cucumber rhizosphere

Index	Valuea at end of:
	First growth cycle				Fifth growth cycle
	Control	CHA0-Rif	CHA0-Rif (pME3424)	Metalaxyl	Control	CHA0-Rif	CHA0-Rif (pME3424)	Metalaxyl
Log α	10.5 ± 5.5 a	13.4 ± 5.9 ab	13.1 ± 6.6 ab	12.9 ± 6.1 ab	18.6 ± 6.0 b	15.2 ± 5.4 ab	19.6 ± 10.4 ab	14.6 ± 5.2 ab
Margalef's DMg	3.9 ± 1.3	5.0 ± 1.3	4.6 ± 1.4	4.7 ± 1.3	5.1 ± 1.0	4.6 ± 0.9	5.2 ± 1.0	4.7 ± 1.1
Shannon's H′	2.5 ± 0.5	2.8 ± 0.3	2.7 ± 0.3	2.7 ± 0.3	2.8 ± 0.2	2.6 ± 0.2	2.8 ± 0.2	2.7 ± 0.3
Brillouin's HB	2.0 ± 0.4	2.4 ± 0.2	2.2 ± 0.2	2.3 ± 0.3	2.2 ± 0.2	2.1 ± 0.2	2.2 ± 0.2	2.1 ± 0.2
Berger-Parker's d	0.2 ± 0.1 abcd	0.1 ± 0.0 ac	0.1 ± 0.0 abcd	0.1 ± 0.0 ad	0.2 ± 0.0 abcd	0.2 ± 0.0 bd	0.1 ± 0.0 abcd	0.1 ± 0.0 bc
Simpson's D	0.1 ± 0.1	0.0 ± 0.0	0.1 ± 0.0	0.1 ± 0.0	0.1 ± 0.0	0.1 ± 0.0	0.0 ± 0.0	0.1 ± 0.0

^aValues followed by no common letter are significantly different within a row (P < 0.05; two-way analysis of variance with post hoc simple contrasts).