Table 3.
The effect of inoculation of the bacterial consortium, initial atrazine concentration (μg g−1 soil), and soil moisture (%) on atrazine reduction (%) after 30 days of incubation time in soil.
| Replication | Atrazine reduction, % | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inoculation (+) | Inoculated (−) | |||||||||||
| Initial atrazine concentration, (μg g−1 soil) | ||||||||||||
| 1.30 | 6.70 | 20.0 | 1.30 | 6.70 | 20.0 | |||||||
| Soil moisture, (%) | ||||||||||||
| 7 | 25 | 7 | 25 | 7 | 25 | 7 | 25 | 7 | 25 | 7 | 25 | |
| 1 | 33.0 | 72.0 | 30.0 | 61.0 | 19.5 | 31.0 | 14.0 | 16.0 | 10.0 | 12.0 | 7.0 | 9.0 |
| 2 | 35.5 | 67.5 | 27.0 | 58.0 | 21.0 | 32.0 | 10.5 | 19.0 | 10.5 | 14.0 | 8.5 | 9.0 |
| 3 | 29.0 | 69.0 | 36.0 | 62.5 | 19.5 | 28.5 | 13.0 | 16.0 | 8.0 | 10.0 | 7.0 | 12.0 |
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| Mean | 32.5 | 69.5 | 31.0 | 60.5 | 20.0 | 30.5 | 12.5 | 17.0 | 9.5 | 12.0 | 7.5 | 10.0 |
| SD | 2.33 | 1.66 | 3.33 | 1.66 | 0.66 | 1.33 | 1.33 | 2.00 | 1.00 | 1.33 | 0.66 | 1.00 |