Soil microbial communities of Japanese apricot (Prunus mume) orchard under organic and conventional management

Applied Biological Chemistry

Table 4 Soil microbial properties of the OFS and CFS in soils cultivated with Japanese apricot

System	Year	FAMEs (nmol g⁻¹)^b	TB (nmol g⁻¹)	G(−) (nmol g⁻¹)	G(+) (nmol g⁻¹)	A (nmol g⁻¹)	F (nmol g⁻¹)	AMF (nmol g⁻¹)	TG (mg g⁻¹)
OFS	2017	363	114	52	56	6.4	60	13.5	3.22
OFS	2018	227	70	31	35	4.4	29	6.5	2.26
CFS	2017	155	49	20	26	2.8	29	5.0	1.32
CFS	2018	221	68	29	36	6.1	37	4.7	1.12
Sig.^a	System	*	*	*	NS	NS	NS	*	*
	Year	NS	NS	NS	NS	NS	NS	NS	NS
	System × year	*	*	*	NS	NS	NS	NS	NS

OFS organic farming system, CFS conventional farming system, FAME total ester-linked fatty acid methyl ester, TB total bacteria, G(−) Gram negative bacteria, G(+) Gram positive bacteria, A actinomycetes, F fungi, AMF arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi, TG total glomalin
^aSignificant effects were obtained from two-way analysis of variance: NS not significant; *p < 0.05