Table 1 Group means, standard errors, and ANOVAs for plant phenotypes for the vermicompost (V), sterile vermicompost (SV), and control (C) treatments at harvest.

From: Rhizosphere microbiomes derived from vermicompost alter gene expression and regulatory pathways in tomato (Solanum lycopersicum, L.)

 

Total aboveground dry biomass (g)

% foliar N

Total foliar N (g)

Foliar δ15N vs. At. Air

V

59.4 ± 2.3a

1.92 ± 0.14a

1.15 ± 0.09a

5.39 ± 0.19a

SV

59.7 ± 4.1a

1.88 ± 0.11a

1.12 ± 0.11a

5.96 ± 0.14a

C

43.9 ± 2.3b

1.84 ± 0.17a

0.82 ± 0.11a

4.10 ± 0.17b

ANOVA

 Treatment

0.004***

0.89

0.08*

0.001****

  1. Superscript letters represent pairwise comparisons of group means using emmeans. For these analyses, each treatment had n = 5 replicates.
  2. *Significance at the p = 0.1 significance level.
  3. **Significance at the p = 0.05 significance level.
  4. ***Significance at the p = 0.01 significance level.
  5. ****Significance at the p = 0.001 significance level.