Microbial Diversity in Soil under Potato Cultivation from Cold Desert Himalaya, India

Table 1

Colony forming units (CFU × 10⁵/g soil) of three groups of microbes in soil under potato cultivation.

Medium	Temperature (°C)	Incubation period (weeks)	Bacteria	Actinomycetes	Fungi
TYA	24	01	41.00 ± 3.60	1.66 ± 0.57	1.40 ± 0.55
	14	02	27.33 ± 3.05	1.66 ± 1.15	1.33 ± 0.57
	4	03	32.66 ± 3.05	1.33 ± 1.15	1.00 ± 1.00
PDA	24	01	39.66 ± 2.51	1.33 ± 0.57	1.00 ± 1.00
	14	02	25.33 ± 0.57	2.66 ± 2.08	1.43 ± 1.15
	4	03	32.33 ± 2.51	2.00 ± 1.00	1.33 ± 0.50
AIA	24	01	37.00 ± 2.64	2.66 ± 0.57	1.36 ± 0.58
	14	02	27.66 ± 2.51	3.00 ± 1.00	1.42 ± 0.50
	4	03	32.33 ± 2.88	2.33 ± 1.52	1.33 ± 0.57