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. 2011 Jan 25;51(1):94–99. doi: 10.1007/s12088-011-0104-7

Table 3.

P-nutrition and yield of soybean as influenced by inoculation of Bacillus

Isolates/standard Olsen- P (mg/kg soil) Total P content (g/Kg seed) Phytic-P (g/Kg seed) Phytic-P as a % of total P Yield (g/plant)
KHBAR-1 6.41f 1.99a 1.74e 87.4 1.56bc
BD-3-1B 8.91ab 2.77cd 1.62ab 59.9 1.16bc
BDN-5 8.50bcd 2.57ab 1.73bc 67.3 1.93bc
KHTH-4-1 7.15de 2.42cd 1.61d 66.5 1.61bc
KHBD-6 9.09bcd 2.61bcd 1.62a 62.1 1.93bc
KHBD-7 8.07e 2.30ef 1.48c 64.3 1.26c
KDMR-1-1 6.09de 2.44cde 1.59ef 65.2 1.46bc
KHBD-2-2A 8.61cde 2.52cde 1.57abc 62.3 2.16bc
BDKH-3 8.90abc 2.75 cd 1.62ab 58.9 1.83bc
BDSD-2-2C 6.57bcd 2.64def 1.53e 57.9 1.75bc
B.amyloliquefaciens 8.13a 2.90cde 1.59c 54.8 2.28ab
B. cereus 8.07cde 2.52abc 1.65c 65.5 3.11a
Uninoculated control 5.64f 1.91f 1.45f 75.9 1.76bc
LSD (P = 0.05) 0.22 0.10 0.52 0.85

Different letters represent significant differences (P = 0.05) (DMRT). Bacillus isolates are from different locations with contrasting agricultural management practices