Table 5 Expression profiles of major secondary metabolite synthesis genes in licorice root under combined effects of allelochemical addition and rhizobacterial inoculants

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I

0.79 ± 0.2 a

1.17 ± 0.15 c

1.04 ± 0.07 c

1.02 ± 0.11 ab

1.11 ± 0.1 ab

0.99 ± 0.07 a

A

C

1.09 ± 0.27 a

1.8 ± 0.37 bc

1.65 ± 0.2 ac

0.86 ± 0.18 ac

0.26 ± 0.03 c

0.24 ± 0.08 b

N

1.32 ± 0.15 a

3.08 ± 0.67 a

2.11 ± 0.4 a

0.67 ± 0.13 bc

0.25 ± 0.01 c

0.17 ± 0.01 b

E

1.31 ± 0.29 a

2.41 ± 0.09 ab

1.84 ± 0.09 ab

0.63 ± 0.05 c

0.31 ± 0.08 c

0.14 ± 0.02 b

S

0.79 ± 0.41 a

2.06 ± 0.15 ac

1.13 ± 0.1 c

0.61 ± 0.05 c

0.25 ± 0.04 c

0.15 ± 0.03 b

W

C

0.96 ± 0.12 a

1.71 ± 0.18 bc

1.12 ± 0.23 c

0.67 ± 0.15 ac

0.2 ± 0.03 c

0.18 ± 0.07 b

N

0.84 ± 0.33 a

1.81 ± 0.6 bc

1.32 ± 0.5 bc

1.05 ± 0.17 a

1.3 ± 0.52 a

0.26 ± 0.08 b

E

0.96 ± 0.15 a

2.16 ± 0.38 ac

1.36 ± 0.08 bc

0.75 ± 0.18 ac

0.62 ± 0.11 bc

0.2 ± 0.01 b

S

0.86 ± 0.11 a

1.72 ± 0.46 bc

1.24 ± 0.06 bc

0.59 ± 0.11 c

0.34 ± 0.09 c

0.15 ± 0.02 b

Group

F_values

2.098

5.541

6.637

5.210

14.570

88.392

P_values

0.091

0.001

 < 0.001

0.002

 < 0.001

 < 0.001