Table 2 Alpha diversity index of gut symbiotic microbiota of different winged BPHs.

From: Study on the gut symbiotic microbiota in long- and short-winged brown planthopper, Nilaparvata lugens (Stål)

Sample

wing morphs

Shannon

Simpson

Ace

Chao

Coverage

Bacterial community

long-winged

1.50 ± 0.15a

0.49 ± 0.05b

185.16 ± 12.17a

184.90 ± 11.46a

0.9994 ± 0.0002

short-winged

0.59 ± 0.24b

0.79 ± 0.13a

211.54 ± 38.07a

200.68 ± 38.51a

0.9986 ± 0.0002

Fungal community

long-winged

1.41 ± 0.16a

0.39 ± 0.05a

34.78 ± 2.72a

34.33 ± 2.52a

1.0000 ± 0.0000a

short-winged

1.75 ± 0.32a

0.26 ± 0.07a

64.44 ± 57.44a

71.33 ± 45.63a

0.9999 ± 0.0001a

  1. Values denote mean ± standard deviation (n = 3). Different letters within a column indicate significant differences between treatments (P < 0.05) based on Welch’s T-test.
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