Table 2.

Soil microbial alpha-diversity indices across fertilization treatments.

	Chao1	Ace	Shannon	Sobs	Coverage
CF	3038.84 ± 71.48 b	3077.74 ± 50.32 b	6.31 ± 0.03 a	2318.33 ± 61.82 a	0.98 ± 0.00 a
OF	3350.53 ± 33.44 a	3347.86 ± 62.53 a	6.15 ± 0.01 b	2407.33 ± 45.17 a	0.98 ± 0.00 a
BF	3685.67 ± 512.25 a	3689.88 ± 517.46 a	6.39 ± 0.17 a	2641.00 ± 350.35 a	0.98 ± 0.00 a

CF, inorganic chemical fertilizer; OF, organic manure; BF, organic manure inoculated with a biocontrol agent. The values are the means of three replicates (means ± SD), Values followed by different letters differ significantly (Dunnett’s test, p < 0.05).