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Table 1 Adonis test of factors (TimePoint (DAP), E.coli treatment and combined effects) explaining distance variation in Bray-Curtis dissimilarity for lettuce and mizuna

From: Persistence of Escherichia coli in the microbiomes of red Romaine lettuce (Lactuca sativa cv. ‘Outredgeous’) and mizuna mustard (Brassica rapa var. japonica) - does seed sanitization matter?

 

TimePoint

E. coli Treatment

TimePoint + E. coli Treatment

R2

P

R2

P

R2

P

Lettuce

 Leaves from sanitized seeds

0.301

0.001

0.093

0.001

0.166

0.005

 Leaves from unsanitized seeds

0.401

0.001

0.076

0.020

0.126

0.086

 Roots from sanitized seeds

0.348

0.001

0.198

0.001

0.184

0.001

 Roots from unsanitized seeds

0.462

0.001

0.126

0.001

0.113

0.021

Mizuna Mustard

 Leaves from sanitized seeds

0.426

0.001

0.064

0.012

0.126

0.043

 Leaves from unsanitized seeds

0.422

0.001

0.095

0.001

0.138

0.004

 Roots from sanitized seeds

0.293

0.001

0.269

0.001

0.175

0.001

 Roots from unsanitized seeds

0.293

0.001

0.160

0.001

0.218

0.001