Fig. 6. Kruskal's Non-Metric Multidimensional Scaling (KNMDS) analysis of the denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis (DGGE) profile from the compost used to germinate and grow the transplants (compost only) and the profiles from one of the no compost plots (NC1) and one of the compost plots (C1) at times 0, 3, 5, and 11 mo. The plot (stress factor = 0.021, D = 4) (D, dimension) shows two significantly different clusters (p = 0.025).