Table 3. Impact of applied treatments on nutrients uptake in plant tissuesa.
| Treatments | N uptake shoot mg/plant | N uptake root mg/plant | P uptake shoot mg/plant | P uptake root mg/plant | K uptake shoot mg/plant | K uptake root mg/plant | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| V1 | V2 | V1 | V2 | V1 | V2 | V1 | V2 | V1 | V2 | V1 | V2 | |
| Without Biochar | ||||||||||||
| CK | 247.7 ± 13.64j | 277.5 ± 14.10j | 1.84 ± 0.37h | 2.41 ± 0.07gh | 20.23 ± 5.28i | 28.80 ± 10.68i | 2.45 ± 1.07i | 3.42 ± 0.78hi | 263.50 ± 29.57j | 302.53 ± 23.43j | 2.27 ± 0.45k | 3.17 ± 0.47jk |
| MN-24 | 546.2 ± 32.59gh | 642.7 ± 26.92fg | 4.98 ± 0.48e–g | 5.60 ± 0.06d–f | 119.23 ± 18.34fg | 157.93 ± 20.83ef | 11.73 ± 2.18e–h | 14.06 ± 1.51d–g | 675.53 ± 64.48f–h | 869.95 ± 97.63ef | 6.93 ± 0.25f–j | 8.31 ± 0.46f–h |
| P. indica | 400.7 ± 30.33h–j | 486.1 ± 27.63g–i | 3.31 ± 0.58f–h | 4.09 ± 0.38e–h | 69.57 ± 10.87g–i | 92.53 ± 10.62gh | 5.99 ± 1.54g–i | 8.30 ± 1.65f–i | 469.97 ± 7.53h–j | 563.93 ± 38.78g–i | 4.31 ± 0.45h–k | 5.53 ± 0.18g–k |
| MN-24 + P. indica | 966.5 ± 14.93cd | 1114.7 ± 5.55c | 11.17 ± 0.73bc | 13.40 ± 0.62b | 292.55 ± 6.52c | 340 ± 19.07c | 33.70 ± 1.03c | 40.72 ± 1.17bc | 1540.33 ± 31.19c | 1710.81 ±105.85c | 17.24 ± 1.04cd | 19.89 ± 0.13bc |
| With Biochar | ||||||||||||
| CK | 308.7 ± 23.42j | 362.9 ± 18.25ij | 3.07 ± 0.57f–h | 3.50 ± 0.16f–h | 34.82 ± 6.29i | 48.73 ± 10.05hi | 4.17 ± 1.13hi | 5.14 ± 0.93hi | 337.30 ± 9.35ij | 411.20 ± 33.40ij | 3.94 ± 0.64i–k | 4.73 ± 0.11h–k |
| MN-24 | 772.7 ± 20.74ef | 842.6 ± 30.75de | 6.75 ± 0.86de | 8.29 ± 0.43cd | 200.20 ± 9.96de | 237.68 ± 16.36d | 18.68 ± 3.54de | 22.09 ± 2.05d | 1088.10 ± 38.58de | 1281.92 ± 52.74d | 10.92 ± 1.50ef | 13.32 ± 0.83de |
| P. indica | 533.9 ± 12.26gh | 636.7 ± 36.64fg | 5.59 ± 0.57d–f | 6.1 1± 0.41d–f | 120.97 ± 4.37fg | 158.40 ± 7.77ef | 13.56 ± 2.62e–g | 15.68 ± 1.02d–f | 749.80 ± 27.20fg | 913.05 ± 28.16ef | 8.12 ± 0.57f–i | 9.64 ± 0.58e–g |
| MN-24 + P. indica | 1424 ± 57.93b | 1659.5 ± 59.22a | 14.25 ± 1.70ab | 17 ± 1.30a | 448.13 ± 11.98b | 512.27 ± 1.39a | 44.98 ± 5.12b | 53.51 ± 4.67a | 2193.93 ± 77.68b | 2539.47 ± 15.78a | 21.52 ± 1.20b | 26 ± 2.30a |
Means with different letters differ significantly according to LSD at a 5% probability level; N = nitrogen; P = phosphorus; K = potassium; crop = canola; V1 = DGL (dark green leaves) and V2 = Faisal canola; CK = control; bacteria used = Acinetobacter baumannii sp. MN-24; fungus used = Piriformospora indica.