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Ordination biplots generated by principal component analysis (PCA) of bacterial communities based on the genus level, in the rhizosphere of potato cultivars with different starch content and corresponding bulk soil, at different growth stages.
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posted on 2011-08-19, 01:09 authored by Özgül İnceoğlu, Waleed Abu Al-Soud, Joana Falcão Salles, Alexander V. Semenov, Jan Dirk van ElsasCentroids indicate the effect of growth stage on the community structure. The eigenvalues displayed on the diagram axes refer to the percentage variation of the respective axis. (yp) young plant, (f) flowering, (sn) senescence, (A) Aveka, (Av) Aventra, (K) Karnico, (M) Modena, (P) Premiere, (D) Désirée, (b) bulk, (HS) high starch tuber, (LS) low starch tuber.