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Table 3.

Effect of microbial consortium under open field conditions after 90 days.

Treatments	Shoot length (cm)	Root length (cm)	Fresh weight (g)	Dry weight (g)	Chlorophyll (mg g⁻¹)	Carotenoids (g L⁻¹)	Phenolics (μg g⁻¹)	Flavonoids (μg g⁻¹)	Sugar (μg g⁻¹)	No of tillers	No of spikes
MC	132.70^l**±2.05	17.53^m**±0.53	191.80^l**±2.66	62.00^m**±1.10	48.21^l**±1.25	6.77ⁱ±0.39	0.77^e**±0.07	9.48^g**±0.00	48.31^j**±1.73	13.00^k**±0.82	8.67ⁿ*±0.47
PSB	115.37^j**±0.81	15.00^j*±1.36	163.73^k**±1.60	52.83^k**±1.64	43.08^k**±1.71	5.66^h ± 0.32	0.45^c*±0.07	8.02^c**±0.08	39.71ⁱ**±0.06	12.00^j**±0.83	8.33^m*±0.94
KSB	112.60ⁱ**±2.49	15.53^k*±0.90	151.70^j**±2.43	55.23^l**±1.25	35.31^j*±1.41	4.48^d ± 0.20	0.41^c*±0.07	9.30^f**±0.14	38.74^h**±0.64	11.3ⁱ**±0.47	7.33^l*±0.94
ZnSB	119.73^k**±1.13	16.20^l**±0.78	120.67^h**±1.28	49.37^j**±0.77	34.42ⁱ*±0.99	5.53^g ± 0.60	0.39^c*±0.02	9.19^f**±0.19	34.89^g**±0.35	10.33^h**±0.47	7.00^k*±1.63
SSB	115.57^j**±1.64	15.57^k*±0.45	127.80ⁱ**±0.59	47.03ⁱ**±1.08	34.41ⁱ*±1.84	7.16^j±1.50	0.55^d**±0.02	8.74^e*±0.04	39.99ⁱ**±0.55	10.33^h**±0.47	6.00^j±1.41
NPK 100 %	107.13^h**±4.35	14.90ⁱ*±0.45	109.27^h**±2.92	42.70^h**±1.91	31.44^g ± 3.49	5.55^g ± 0.62	0.41^c*±0.03	8.37^d**±0.06	34.46^g**±0.04	9.00^g*±0.82	5.33ⁱ±0.47
NPK 50 %	96.33^c±1.16	13.47^h ± 0.87	97.93^g**±1.27	41.60^h**±1.91	30.23^f±2.55	5.29^f±0.81	0.33^b ± 0.03	8.11^c**±0.00	33.00^f**±6.72	6.72^f*±0.00	4.67^h ± 1.70
Urea 100 %	105.43^g**±0.62	12.97^g ± 0.33	95.53^g**±2.56	36.67^g**±1.80	33.16^h*±2.98	5.87 ± 0.81	0.32^b ± 0.01	7.72^b**±0.15	30.80^d**±0.45	7.67^f*±0.47	4.33^g ± 0.47
Urea 50 %	99.90^e*±1.12	12.07^f±0.54	91.53^f**±1.11	30.30^f**±1.10	26.90^d ± 2.59	4.32^c±0.91	0.29^b ± 0.03	8.05^c**±0.03	30.30^d**±0.08	7.00^e±0.82	3.67^f±0.94
DAP 100 %	102.40^f*±1.02	11.43^e±0.82	77.93^e**±0.76	27.70^e**±0.92	28.55^e±1.59	3.64^b ± 0.72	0.24^a±0.00	7.83^b**±0.20	26.29^c*±0.64	6.00^d ± 0.82	3.00^e±0.00
DAP 50 %	98.07^d*±1.56	11.00^d ± 0.22	71.30^d**±0.62	24.00^d*±1.42	24.72^c±0.74	4.67^e±1.12	0.23^a±0.00	8.38^d**±0.04	25.76^c*±0.34	5.33^c±0.47	2.33^d ± 0.47
K100 %	97.03^c±1.92	10.50^c±0.43	68.30^c**±1.49	20.63^c±1.89	24.51^b ± 0.20	2.84^a±0.72	0.25^a±0.01	8.41^d**±0.46	23.90^b*±1.27	5.33^c±0.47	2.00^c±0.82
K 50 %	89.97^b ± 1.21	10.03^b ± 0.52	50.67^b*±3.04	14.40^b ± 1.63	23.96^b ± 0.96	3.68^b ± 0.31	0.19^a±0.00	8.97^e**±0.03	22.50^b ± 0.96	4.33^b ± 0.47	1.67^b ± 0.47
Control	86.93^a±1.19	9.60^a±0.45	37.97^a±0.95	12.33^a±0.81	21.40^a±1.28	4.48 ± 0.27	0.18^a±0.00	6.69^a±0.00	19.89^a±0.37	3.00^a±0.00	1.33^a±0.47
LSD	1.64	0.33	5.76	2.06	0.68	0.15	0.09	0.21	0.51	0.40	0.18
SE	5.94	2.31	6.22	5.13	6.30	2.48	0.11	0.38	3.98	2.34	2.99
CD 5 %	10.53	4.09	11.01	9.09	11.16	5.02	0.19	0.68	7.06	4.14	5.31
CD %	15.76	6.13	16.48	13.61	16.70	7.52	0.29	1.03	10.56	6.20	7.94

MC: Rahnella aquatilis EU-A3Rb1, Erwinia aphidicola EU-A2RNL1, Brevibacillus brevis EU-C3SK2, and Bacillus mycoides EU-WRSe4; PSB: R. aquatilis EU-A3Rb1; KSB: E. aphidicola EU-A2RNL1; ZnSB: B. brevis EU-C3SK2; SSB: B. mycoides EU-WRSe4.

[Numerical values are mean ± Standard deviation of mean (SD) of three independent observations].

Common superscript code on mean values indicate the non-significant differences among derivatives as based on unpaired Student t-test at p < 0.05. On the other hand, different superscript indicates significant differences among lines.