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From: Peanut and cotton intercropping increases productivity and economic returns through regulating plant nutrient accumulation and soil microbial communities

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The relative abundance of soil bacterial proportions (20–40 cm) at the phylum level at blossom-needling stage (a) and podding stage (d). The principal coordination analysis (PCoA) in Hellinger distance at blossom-needling stage (b) and podding stage (e) showing changings in soil bacterial community structure. Heatmap based most abundant Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes (KEGG) ortholog (KO) groups showing the relative abundance of top 20 KEGG metabolic pathways across different treatments at blossom-needling stage (c) and podding stage (f) in monocropped peanut (MP), monocropped cotton (MC), peanut intercropped with cotton without barriers (IC), peanut intercropped with cotton with 100 μm nylon mesh barrier: peanut strip (NP) and cotton strip (NC), peanut intercropped with cotton with solid barrier: peanut strip (SP) and cotton strip (SC). The samples were taken from 20 to 40 cm of the top soil

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BMC Plant Biology

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