Fig. 1: Comparison of microbial diversity and community structure in endophytic and rhizosphere soil from two kiwi cultivars.

a Observed species diversity index. b Shannon diversity index. The observed species diversity index and the shannon diversity index were evaluated as alpha diversity. Asterisk (*) indicate significant differences as determined by one-way ANOVA at a significance level of P < 0.05. c Principal component analysis (PCA) of bacterial community composition based on the Bray-Curtis distance metric. HY Hongyang, HWD Hayward, RS Rhizosphere soil, R Root endospheric samples, C Cane endospheric samples, L Leaf endospheric samples.