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Table 6 Mean number of different alleles (Na), number of effective alleles (Ne), Shannon’s Information Index (H′), expected heterozygosity (He), Unbiased expected heterozygosity (UHe), and percentage of polymorphic loci (% P) of indigenous rhizobia populations based on ARDRA data

From: Genetic and phenotypic diversity of microsymbionts nodulating promiscuous soybeans from different agro-climatic conditions

Pop

Na

Ne

(H′)

He

UHe

%P

TUMZ

1.600 ± 0.18

1.437 ± 0.08

0.398 ± 0.057

0.263 ± 0.041

0.278 ± 0.044

80

TLMZ

1.500 ± 0.21

1.451 ± 0.08

0.404 ± 0.059

0.270 ± 0.041

0.279 ± 0.043

75

EUMZ

1.600 ± 0.18

1.496 ± 0.09

0.419 ± 0.061

0.283 ± 0.045

0.293 ± 0.046

80

ELMZ

1.400 ± 0.21

1.439 ± 0.08

0.393 ± 0.061

0.263 ± 0.042

0.284 ± 0.045

70

  1. TUMZ Tharaka-Nithi Upper Midland Zone, TLMZ Tharaka-Nithi Lower Midland Zone, EUMZ Embu Upper Midland Zone, ELMZ Embu Lower Midland Zone