Table 9.
Impact of biofertilisers on iron content in grains and rice bran in the rice variety Uma under ambient and elevated CO2 conditions.
| Treatments | Fe content (ppm) | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grains | Bran | Polished rice | |||||||
| aCO2 | eCO2 | Mean (T) | aCO2 | eCO2 | Mean (T) | aCO2 | eCO2 | Mean (T) | |
| Control | 11.97e | 9.89f | 10.93 | 117.1 | 104.5 | 110.80 | 2.90 | 2.35 | 2.62 |
| Azolla | 16.62cd | 11.77e | 14.18 | 128.1 | 113.3 | 120.70 | 3.63 | 3.19 | 3.41 |
| PGPR | 20.69a | 17.86c | 19.27 | 143.2 | 134.4 | 138.82 | 4.24 | 3.80 | 4.02 |
| AMF | 19.38b | 15.53d | 17.46 | 135.5 | 123.1 | 129.33 | 4.11 | 3.55 | 3.83 |
| Mean (C) | 17.16 | 13.76 | 130.9 | 118.8 | 3.72 | 3.22 | |||
| SE (m) (±) | T=0.309, C=0.219, T×C=0.437 | T=1.027, C=0.726, T×C=1.452 | T=0.02, C=0.014, T×C=0.028 | ||||||
| CD (0.05) | T=0.927, C=0.655, T×C=1.31 | T=3.078, C=2.176, T×C=NS | T=0.059, C=0.042, T×C=NS | ||||||