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TABLE 3.

Growth responses of potted rice plants 160 days after inoculation with various gfp-tagged strains of wild-type rhizobia^a

Rhizobium test strain	Total plant root vol/pot (cm³) ± SE	Shoot dry wt/pot (g) ± SE	Plant height/shoot (cm) ± SE	Total shoot N/pot (g) ± SE	% Shoot N/pot ± SE	Grain yield/pot (g) ± SE
Ac-ORS571	210 ± 36^A	63 ± 2^A	79.59 ± 5.67^A	0.7020 ± 0.0368^AB	1.11 ± 0.03^B	86 ± 5^A
Sm-1021	180 ± 26^A	67 ± 5^A	81.67 ± 8.29^A	0.8235 ± 0.0653^A	1.23 ± 0.08^AB	86 ± 4^A
Sm-1002	168 ± 8^AB	52 ± 4^BC	75.70 ± 5.88^B	0.6805 ± 0.0932^AB	1.30 ± 0.07^AB	61 ± 4^B
Rl-2370	175 ± 23^A	61 ± 8^AB	76.35 ± 6.84^B	0.8569 ± 0.1239^A	1.40 ± 0.07^A	64 ± 9^B
Mh-93	193 ± 16^A	67 ± 4^A	75.87 ± 8.00^B	0.7962 ± 0.0148^A	1.19 ± 0.02^B	77 ± 5^A
Control	130 ± 10^B	47 ± 6^C	66.06 ± 9.32^C	0.6047 ± 0.0900^B	1.28 ± 0.08^AB	51 ± 4^C

Data are represented as means per pot from three pot replicates, each containing 15 transplanted plants per strain. Values followed by a different superscript capital letter are significantly different at the 95% confidence level according to Duncan's multiple-range test.