Litter mixing promoted decomposition and altered microbial community in common bean root litter

BMC Microbiology

Table 1 Nitrogen and phosphorus contents in common bean root litter

Content (g kg^− 1)	Treatments	14 day	56 day
Nitrogen	B	11.30 ± 0.94^a	11.83 ± 0.28^b
	BS-B	11.69 ± 0.32^a	13.53 ± 0.40^a
	BM-B	11.95 ± 1.13^a	12.54 ± 0.25^ab
	BSM-B	11.17 ± 0.71^a	12.59 ± 0.40^ab
Phosphorus	B	9.01 ± 0.32^a	9.72 ± 0.35^c
	BS-B	9.72 ± 0.55^a	8.94 ± 0.10^bc
	BM-B	8.97 ± 0.52^a	8.42 ± 0.48^ab
	BSM-B	9.00 ± 0.24^a	8.04 ± 0.09^a

B: common bean root litter. BS, BM, BSM represent common bean root litter mixed with soybean stalk litter, maize stalk litter, and both soybean and maize stalk litters, respectively. –B: common bean root litter in the mixture. Different letters indicate significant difference between treatments (Tukey’s HSD test, P < 0.05)

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