highly significantp < 0.01
The results showed that Variovorax , involved in arsenate detoxification, was significantly positively correlated with bamboo shoot number (r = 0.640, p < 0.05), while Herbaspirillum , involved in nitrogen fixation and ureolysis, had a highly significant positive correlation with the shoot number (r = 0.773, p < 0.01) ( Figure 7 B).