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Table 3.

Effects of different treatments on microbial populations in ginger rhizosphere

Treatment	Microbial biomass (×10⁶ CFU g⁻¹)	Bacteria (×10⁶ CFU g⁻¹)	Actinomycetes (×10⁵ CFU g⁻¹)	Fungi (×10⁴ CFU g⁻¹)	Percentage (%)			Bacteria/Fungi
Treatment	Microbial biomass (×10⁶ CFU g⁻¹)	Bacteria (×10⁶ CFU g⁻¹)	Actinomycetes (×10⁵ CFU g⁻¹)	Fungi (×10⁴ CFU g⁻¹)	Bacteria	Actinomycetes	Fungi	Bacteria/Fungi
0–20 cm
Control	2.23 ± 0.05d	2.03 ± 0.05d	1.83 ± 0.13b	1.60 ± 0.20a	91.07	8.21	0.72	126.49
WI‐N100%	2.13 ± 0.05d	1.83 ± 0.06d	2.83 ± 0.22a	1.60 ± 0.13a	85.96	13.29	0.75	114.61
MI‐N100%	2.57 ± 0.21c	2.43 ± 0.21c	1.30 ± 0.07c	0.53 ± 0.06b	94.73	5.06	0.21	451.10
MI‐N85%	3.67 ± 0.28a	3.57 ± 0.29a	0.93 ± 0.07d	0.63 ± 0.11c	97.28	2.55	0.17	572.24
MI‐N70%	3.09 ± 0.26b	3.03 ± 0.17b	0.50 ± 0.05e	1.10 ± 0.14c	98.03	1.62	0.36	272.31
20–40 cm
Control	0.53 ± 0.01d	0.43 ± 0.02d	0.80 ± 0.16c	1.47 ± 0.18b	82.07	15.15	2.78	29.52
WI‐N100%	0.78 ± 0.07c	0.63 ± 0.07c	1.37 ± 0.07a	1.13 ± 0.08c	80.77	17.56	1.45	55.70
MI‐N100%	1.89 ± 0.20a	1.77 ± 0.21a	1.17 ± 0.08b	0.53 ± 0.04d	93.54	6.18	0.28	334.07
MI‐N85%	1.06 ± 0.13b	1.03 ± 0.13b	0.23 ± 0.06d	0.60 ± 0.08d	97.24	2.20	0.56	173.64
MI‐N70%	1.10 ± 0.02b	0.97 ± 0.09b	1.10 ± 0.03b	2.03 ± 0.07a	88.12	10.03	1.85	47.63

Values presented are mean ± standard error (n = 3). Means sharing the same lowercase letter are not significantly different between treatments (P < 0.05).