Table 2 Effects of returning cover crop on the quantity of microbes in paddy soil at maturing stage of rice plant.

From: The role of Chinese Milk Vetch as cover crop in complex soil nitrogen dynamics in rice rotation system of South China

Treatment

Anaerobic

Aerobic

Total

Anaerobic

Aerobic

Total

Bacteria (CFU 10 8 /g)

Actinomycetes (CFU 10 6 /g)

CK

0.96 ± 0.02c

1.57 ± 0.12c

2.54 ± 0.11c

4.52 ± 1.56b

5.77 ± 1.01b

10.3 ± 0.57c

N

4.74 ± 0.14b

2.64 ± 0.07b

7.39 ± 0.63b

6.06 ± 0.89a

6.16 ± 0.98b

12.2 ± 0.49b

NM

5.00 ± 0.35a

5.09 ± 1.43a

10.1 ± 1.08a

6.12 ± 1.07a

8.28 ± 1.74a

14.4 ± 1.05a

Fungi (CFU 10 5 /g)

Azotobcter (CFU 10 7 /g)

CK

0.46 ± 0.03c

0.53 ± 0.02b

0.99 ± 0.03c

4.84 ± 0.55c

12.5 ± 2.46b

17.3 ± 1.26b

N

0.71 ± 0.07b

0.72 ± 0.03a

1.43 ± 0.55b

8.93 ± 0.87b

17.2 ± 1.75a

26.1 ± 0.79a

NM

0.95 ± 0.04a

0.68 ± 0.05a

1.63 ± 0.37a

10.1 ± 0.46a

16.7 ± 1.03a

26.8 ± 1.05a

  1. Values followed by different letters in a column are significantly different at P < 0.05. Each column consists of means of triplicated data with ± S.E of means.
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