Group | Indicator | Unit | Organic ± SE | Conventional ± SE | |||||||
Microbial indicators | β-glucosidase | µg pNP released g/soil/h | 548 | ± | 48.5 | a | 345 | ± | 34.5 | b | |
Fluorescein diacetate | mg hydrolysed FDA/kg soil/hr | 1.31 | ± | 0.1 | a | 0.85 | ± | 0 | b | ||
Nematode indicators | Bacterial feeding | % | 32 | ± | 1.6 | a | 17 | ± | 1.3 | b | |
Bacterivore: fungivore ratio | 0.71 | ± | 0 | 0.83 | ± | 0 | |||||
Channel index (CI) | 24 | ± | 1.5 | 19 | ± | 1.1 | |||||
Diversity index (H) | 2.05 | ± | 0 | a | 1.47 | ± | 0.1 | b | |||
Endophytes | % | 27 | ± | 3.8 | 28 | ± | 4.3 | ||||
Enrichment index (EI) | 74 | ± | 1 | 74 | ± | 1.1 | |||||
Fungal feeding | % | 14 | ± | 1.5 | a | 3 | ± | 0.2 | b | ||
Plant parasites | % | 31 | ± | 2.2 | b | 70 | ± | 2.1 | a | ||
Predatory and omnivorous | % | 20 | ± | 1.3 | a | 10 | ± | 1.2 | b | ||
Structure index (SI) | 68 | ± | 1.8 | 69 | ± | 1.6 | |||||
Disease indicators | Fusarium plates | AUC | 8.2 | ± | 0.4 | 11.5 | ± | 0.3 | |||
Tomato trials | AUC | 16.2 | ± | 0.8 | b | 19.6 | ± | 1.0 | a | ||