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Table 1 Soil total nitrogen (TN) content of different soil samples (mg/kg)

From: Maize/peanut intercropping improves nutrient uptake of side-row maize and system microbial community diversity

Stage

V1

V2/S1

V3/ S2

V4/ S3

V5/S4

Sample

SM

235.43 ± 1.59a

224.44 ± 2.66a

186.01 ± 2.56a

157 ± 0.85a

125.00 ± 1.18a

MIM

4.34 ± 0.89c

6.34 ± 0.33b

5.19 ± 0.09b

6.59 ± 0.50b

2.91 ± 0.49b

IM

7.39 ± 0.15b

6.63 ± 0.37b

5.62 ± 0.19b

4.93 ± 0.54c

2.31 ± 0.70b

SP

258.16 ± 1.42a

217.66 ± 1.62a

179.37 ± 1.37a

133.91 ± 1.36a

85.93 ± 0.61a

MIP

5.87 ± 0.68b

7.73 ± 0.16b

6.50 ± 0.17b

11.47 ± 0.53b

2.31 ± 0.65b

IP

6.98 ± 0.50b

6.40 ± 0.31b

7.13 ± 0.22b

9.67 ± 0.29b

3.38 ± 0.05b

  1. Note: V1: trumpeting stage, V2: heading stage, V3: anthesis and silking stage, V4: grain-filling stage, V5: mature stage, S1: seedling stage, S2: flowering stage, S3: podding stage, S4: mature stage, SM: sole maize, MIM: the middle row of intercropped maize, IM: intercropped maize, SP: sole peanut, MIP: the middle row of intercropped peanut, IP: intercropped peanut. Different letters indicate significant differences at 0.05
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BMC Microbiology

ISSN: 1471-2180

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