Table 2.

Synergistic effect of different tripartite inoculations on nodulation, total N and P content of shoot in chickpea. Data are average value of three plants and following the analysis of variance (ANOVA) procedure, differences between desi PBG1 and kabuli BG1053 chickpea varieties, among different treatments and between varieties and treatments were determined using Critical difference (CD) at 5 % percent level of significance

Treatments	Number of nodules/plant			Dry weight of nodules/plant (mg)			Total N content (%)			Total P content (%)
	PBG1	BG1053	Mean	PBG1	BG1053	Mean	PBG1	BG1053	Mean	PBG1	BG1053	Mean
Control	15. 7 (26.4)	16.0 (39)	15.8 (27.9)	35.9 (88. 8)	40.1 (90.6)	38.0 (89.7)	1.52	1.53	1.53	0.137	0.127	0.132
MR	20.0 (37.0)	24. 3 (36.5)	22.2 (36.8)	60.2 (118.6)	64.5 (127.9)	62.3 (123.3)	1.58	1.59	1.59	0.153	0.147	0.150
PI	16. 7 (29.0)	18. 3 (31.3)	17.5 (32.2)	42.0 (103.9)	45.0 (105.5)	43.5 (104.7)	1.55	1.56	1.56	0.172	0.173	0.172
MR + PI + LPGPR1	31. 7 (43.2)	33.0 (42.1)	32.2 (42.6)	80.0 (139.0)	88.0 (144.3)	84.0 (141.7)	1.79	1.85	1.82	0.218	0.216	0.217
MR + PI + LPGPR2	26. 7 (37.8)	27. 7 (40.1)	27.2 (38.9)	69.6 (124.7)	72.5 (136.8)	71.1 (130.8)	1.73	1.74	1.74	0.191	0.195	0.193
MR + PI + LK884	28. 3 (40.7)	30. 7 (42.3)	29.5 (41.5)	75.0 (134.8)	80.0 (137.9)	77.5 (136.4)	1.77	1.80	1.78	0.203	0.205	0.204
Mean	23.2 (38.6)	25.0 (35.7)	24.1 (36.7)	65.4 (122.8)	70.0 (123.8)	67.7 (120.5)	1.66	1.68	1.67	0.179	0.177	0.178
CD 5 %	Variety (V): 0.039 (NS) Treatment (T): 0.068 (0.007) V × T: 0.097 (NS)			Variety (V) 2.74 (NS) Treatment (T): 4.8 (14.3) V × T: NS			Variety (V): 0.039 Treatment (T): 0.068 V × T: 0.097			Variety (V):NS Treatment (T) 0.007 V × T:NS

^*Data for number and dry weight of nodules/plant represent values at 60 DAS and that depicted in parenthesis at 90 DAS

Data for total N and P content represent values at 90 DAS