. 2023 Aug 28;14:1196024. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2023.1196024

Table 4a.

Contribution of salt-tolerant KSB in improvement of rhizospheric soil potassium pool and morphological attributes of rice variety; Shaheen, grown under salt stress.

Variety	Treatment	Plant length	Root length	Shoot length	Root FW	Shoot FW	No. of tillers	Soil K
Shaheen	T1C	97.5^ab	9^c	85.25^b	1.29^ab	6.915^b	4^b	12.6^b
	T2C	93^b	15^a	79^b	0.6^c	8.6^b	6.5^a	12.2^b
	T3C	109.5^a	13^b	93.5^a	1.51^a	10.07^a	5.5^a	16.1^a
	T4C	101^ab	15.5^a	96.5^a	1.3^ab	13.55^a	6^a	15.8^a
	T1 40 Mm	89.5^c	12.5^b	78^bc	0.85^c	5.65^c	5^a	11^b
	T2 40 Mm	93.5^b	16^a	77.5^bc	0.795^c	5.8^c	4.5^b	15.6^a
	T3 40 Mm	107^a	14^ab	90.5^a	1.45^a	10.05^a	5^a	15^a
	T4 40 Mm	95.5^b	15.5^a	82^b	1.4^a	10.95^a	5^a	10^bc
	T1 80 Mm	78.33^d	11^bc	69.67^c	1.2^ab	4.9^c	4^bc	8^c
	T2 80 Mm	84.33^c	8.66^c	67^c	1.4^a	4.13^c	2.66^c	7.7^c
	T3 80 Mm	92.5^b	13.5^b	79^b	1.2^ab	7.95^b	3.5^bc	14.8^a
	T4 80 Mm	111.5^a	17.5^a	86^b	1.30^ab	5.1^c	4.5^b	14^a

Un-inoculated plants and 100% farmer recommended fertilizer dose (T1), Un-inoculated plants and 20% reduced fertilizer dose than farmer recommendation (T2), Inoculated plants and 100% farmer recommended fertilizer dose (T3), Inoculated plants and 20% reduced fertilizer dose than farmer recommendation (T4). Where plant, root and shoot length were measured in cm while fresh weight in g and exchangeable potassium in mg/kg⁻¹. The mean values followed by different letters are showing significant difference at p > 0.05 according to LSD.