Drivers of Foliar Fungal Endophytic Communities of Kudzu (Pueraria montana var. lobata) in the Southeast United States
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:1. Introduction
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Tested Variable. | Diversity (1-D) | Richness (Sobs) | Evenness (ED) |
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Chlorophyll (mg/cm2) | NS | NS | NS |
Genotype | NS | NS | NS |
Leaf area (cm2) | NS | NS | NS |
Location | F4,88 = 12.884, p < 0.001 | F4,88 = 7.280, p < 0.001 | F4,88 = 10.423, p < 0.001 |
Nitrate (ppm) | t = −3.27, p = 0.0015 | NS | t = −2.21, p = 0.0292 |
Potassium (ppm) | NS | NS | NS |
Soil pH | NS | t = 2.50, p = 0.0143 | NS |
Traffic Intensity | F4,89 = 4.059, p = 0.0045 | F4,89 = 3.530, p = 0.010 | NS |
Environmental Factor | Percentage of Significant OTUs (Positive %, Negative %) |
---|---|
Traffic Intensity | 37% |
Location Cluster | 29% |
Kudzu Genotype | 12% |
Soil pH | 10% (8%, 2%) |
Leaf Chlorophyll | 10% (10%, 0%) |
Leaf Area | 9% (4%, 5%) |
Stem and Leaf K+ | 5% (0%, 5%) |
Stem and Leaf NO3− | 2% (2%, 0%) |
Model Factor | Df | Pseudo-F | R2 | p Value |
---|---|---|---|---|
Location | 4 | 5.729 | 0.15299 | 0.001 |
Genotype | 5 | 3.8823 | 0.12959 | 0.001 |
Traffic Intensity | 4 | 4.7323 | 0.12637 | 0.001 |
Soil pH | 1 | 6.1513 | 0.04107 | 0.001 |
Leaf NO3− | 1 | 4.7655 | 0.03182 | 0.001 |
Chlorophyll | 1 | 4.4625 | 0.02979 | 0.001 |
Leaf Area | 1 | 4.0106 | 0.02678 | 0.001 |
Leaf K+ | 1 | 2.7078 | 0.01808 | 0.003 |
Residuals | 95 | 0.44351 | ||
Total | 113 | 1 |
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Shahrtash, M.; Brown, S.P. Drivers of Foliar Fungal Endophytic Communities of Kudzu (Pueraria montana var. lobata) in the Southeast United States. Diversity 2020, 12, 185. https://doi.org/10.3390/d12050185
Shahrtash M, Brown SP. Drivers of Foliar Fungal Endophytic Communities of Kudzu (Pueraria montana var. lobata) in the Southeast United States. Diversity. 2020; 12(5):185. https://doi.org/10.3390/d12050185
Chicago/Turabian StyleShahrtash, Maryam, and Shawn P. Brown. 2020. "Drivers of Foliar Fungal Endophytic Communities of Kudzu (Pueraria montana var. lobata) in the Southeast United States" Diversity 12, no. 5: 185. https://doi.org/10.3390/d12050185