Effects of plastic film mulching and legume rotation on soil nutrients and microbial communities in the Loess Plateau of China

Chemical and Biological Technologies in Agriculture

Table 3 Mantel test correlation of bacterial and fungal community structure (at the genus level) with soil properties under different film mulching and crop rotation treatments

Microbial community	Environmental factor	R	P
Bacteria	pH	0.142	0.149
	EC	0.469	0.001^*
	AN	0.207	0.026^*
	AP	0.239	0.078
	AK	0.471	0.001^*
	TC	0.167	0.126
	TN	0.14	0.164
Fungi	pH	0.462	0.001^*
	EC	0.526	0.001^*
	AN	0.561	0.001^*
	AP	0.207	0.042^*
	AK	0.331	0.003^*
	TC	0.443	0.001^*
	TN	0.564	0.001^*

AN alkaline nitrogen, AP available phosphorus, AK available potassium, TC total carbon, TN total nitrogen
^*Indicates significant correlation between items (p < 0.05)