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Table 2 Mean ± SD of arthropod communities per plot across all sample dates

From: Impact assessment of genetically modified herbicide-tolerant cotton on arthropod communities

Year

Diversity Index

GGK2

K312

P value

Variety effect

Time effect

Variety × Time

2019

Shannon diversity index (H)

1.19 ± 0.03

1.17 ± 0.03

0.133

0.003

0.324

Pielou evenness index (J)

0.51 ± 0.01

0.50 ± 0.01

0.050

0.002

0.322

Simpson diversity index (D)

0.43 ± 0.00

0.42 ± 0.02

0.339

0.002

0.346

2020

Shannon diversity index (H)

1.27 ± 0.08

1.23 ± 0.01

0.580

0.015

0.198

Pielou evenness index (J)

0.53 ± 0.03

0.52 ± 0.01

0.655

0.015

0.194

Simpson diversity index (D)

0.50 ± 0.03

0.49 ± 0.00

0.614

0.009

0.268

  1. Significant differences based on repeated-measures ANOVA between GGK2 and K312