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Table 1 Significant differences in the apple root-associated bacterial community structure due to spatial (longitudinal position in field), temporal and tree-to-tree effects

From: Spatio-temporal variation in the root-associated microbiota of orchard-grown apple trees

Compartment-section

Variable

PERMANOVA

F. Model

R2

p

L-FR

Timepoint

1.880

0.148

0.101

Tree

2.052

0.431

0.365

L-TR

Timepoint

4.903

0.244

0.001

Tree

3.441

0.457

0.001

T-FR

Timepoint

1.385

0.127

0.625

Tree

2.311

0.566

0.763

T-TR

Timepoint

2.947

0.279

0.012

Tree

1.610

0.406

0.005

  1. Differences in bacterial diversity in the L- and T-compartment of fine (FR) and thick (TR) roots were assessed. Effect sizes were analysed by PERMANOVA based on DEICODE distance matrices. Significant results are printed in bold
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Environmental Microbiome

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