Elucidating the effects of organic vs. conventional cropping practice and rhizobia inoculation on rhizosphere microbial diversity and yield of peanut

Table 2 Comparison of inorganic and organic cultivation practices and soil analysis of the inorganic and organic plots prior to planting

Factor	Inorganic	Organic
Fertilizer use	Inorganic fertilizer	Organic certified fertilizer
Soil amendments	Gypsum	Organic certified gypsum
Insecticide use	Insecticide	OMRI listed insecticide
Herbicide use	Pre-emergent herbicide, herbicide during cultivation (two times)	Hand-weeding (three times)
Fungicide use	Fungicide	OMRI listed fungicide
Soil Components
P	146.93^a	119.82^b
K	16.87	13.38
NH₄N	0.76^a	0.53^b
NO₃N	1.07	0.88
TKN	261.21	232.6
pH	6.61	6.64

Different letters for soil components indicate significant differences between groups (p < 0.05, n = 3)

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