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Table 1 Peanut growth and production yield in the two cropping systems

From: Root ethylene mediates rhizosphere microbial community reconstruction when chemically detecting cyanide produced by neighbouring plants

Index

Monocropping system

Intercropping system

F

P

Plant height (cm)

46.67 ± 3.51

40.66 ± 2.16

33.95

< 0.001

Chlorophyll content

59.56 ± 0.55

60.17 ± 1.36

2.41

0.131

Number of aboveground branches

9.72 ± 2.34

16.16 ± 4.14

15.67

0.004

Biomass per plant (g)

12.96 ± 0.87

11.19 ± 0.96

29.88

< 0.001

Belowground biomass per plant (g)

2.35 ± 0.35

1.76 ± 0.25

29.45

< 0.001

A/B

4.60 ± 0.52

5.51 ± 0.77

15.68

< 0.001

Number of pods per plant

15.87 ± 3.90

21.20 ± 2.35

41.76

< 0.001

Full fruit rate (%)

70.38 ± 6.12

86.21 ± 5.43

58.36

< 0.001

Peanut yield (kg ha−1)

282.57 ± 34.28

304.75 ± 30.15

3.78

0.061

  1. Values are the means (n = 16) ± the standard deviation of the mean. A/B ratio of aboveground biomass to belowground biomass. F and P were used to show the significant difference based on one-way ANOVA