Fig. 1

Comparison of the fungal (a) and bacterial (b) Shannon indices among the different treatments. The symbols in the box plot have the following meanings: the upper and lower lines of the box represent the interquartile range (IQR); the median line represents the median; the upper and lower edges represent the maximum and minimum inner perimeter values (1.5 times IQR); and the different letters on the bar chart represent significant differences at the 0.05 level. Principal component analysis results of fungal (c) and bacterial (d) community diversity in sesame rhizosphere soil. Analysis of variance of the beta diversity of fungal (e) and bacterial (f) communities in sesame rhizosphere soil treated with different methods. Vertical sitting represents the beta distance.