. 2009 Oct 27;16(2):101–107. doi: 10.1016/j.sjbs.2009.10.009

Table 5.

Changes in bacterial counts during cultivation periods (LSD at P ⩽ 0.05; 0.01). Each value represents mean ± S.E. of triplications.

Treatments		Cultivation periods (days)
Treatments		Total bacterial count (CFU × 10⁶/g dry soil)			Viable count of Azospirillum (log MPN/g dry soil)
Seawater concentration %	N-fertilizer and/or Azospirillum	30	60	90	30	60	90
Tap water	Control	16.90	33.75	19.86	3.741	4.359	3.871
	40 N	26.71	85.30	63.72	4.410	4.928	4.652
	60 N	25.17	74.07	47.20	4.295	4.827	4.607
	80 N	20.36	42.53	35.73	4.006	4.262	4.078
	Azo.	47.91	123.8	104.1	4.463	4.922	4.633
	40 N + Azo.	79.31	196.3	131.4	5.100	5.574	5.306
	60 N + Azo.	66.50	169.3	116.2	5.033	5.519	5.078
	80 N + Azo.	52.43	122.8	74.34	4.941	5.233	4.868
8.0%	Control	13.80	28.38	17.01	3.592	4.114	3.830
	40 N	22.99	79.15	52.26	4.356	4.798	4.550
	60 N	18.77	65.40	39.28	4.226	4.736	4.470
	80 N	14.45	30.55	18.51	3.906	4.226	3.825
	Azo.	37.96	115.7	77.02	4.339	4.818	4.462
	40 N + Azo.	70.77	180.2	122.4	5.057	5.479	5.172
	60 N + Azo.	58.00	158.5	85.38	4.981	5.408	4.981
	80 N + Azo.	39.52	97.60	53.84	4.853	5.113	4.654
16.0%	Control	06.74	15.18	8.770	2.185	3.633	3.285
	40 N	13.91	33.71	16.18	4.019	4.549	4.152
	60 N	10.48	25.33	13.97	3.956	4.468	4.025
	80 N	08.10	15.23	09.90	3.637	3.969	3.608
	Azo.	20.72	75.28	25.48	4.036	4.503	4.123
	40 N + Azo.	50.45	114.2	83.68	4.868	4.988	4.799
	60 N + Azo.	39.44	90.91	61.57	4.757	4.853	4.461
	80 N + Azo.	24.21	57.25	30.02	4.235	4.533	3.838
Seawater irrigation effects		^⁎⁎	^⁎⁎	^⁎⁎	^⁎	^⁎	^⁎
N levels effect		^⁎⁎	^⁎⁎	^⁎⁎	^⁎⁎	^⁎	^⁎⁎
Inoculation effect		^⁎⁎	^⁎⁎	^⁎⁎	^⁎	^⁎	^⁎
Saline × N-fertilization		NS	^⁎⁎	^⁎⁎	NS	^⁎⁎	^⁎
Saline × inoculation effects		NS	NS	NS	^⁎	^⁎	^⁎⁎
Saline × N × inoculation effects		NS	^⁎⁎	^⁎⁎	NS	^⁎	^⁎⁎

NS = Non significant.

^⁎

= Significant.

^⁎⁎

= Highly significant.