Table 3.
Effect of diazotrophic bacteria on maize growth in the 2010/2011 season.
| Treatments |
% germination | Dry weight (g) 2010/2011 season |
Yield (kg ha-1) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N-Fertilizer (%) | Bacteria | 30 DAP | 60 DAP | 90 DAP | ||
| Control | 35.3 a | 18.85 a | 143 bc | 796.3 a | 368.84 a | |
| 0 | Enterobacter cloacae (L1) | 58.9 abc | 13.99 a | 149 bc | 588.8 a | 432.18 ab |
| Bacillus megaterium (V16) | 55.5 abc | 14.03 a | 129 ab | 686.6 a | 460.79 abc | |
| Pantoea ananatis (LB5) | 61.5 bc | 15.73 a | 124 a | 783.4 a | 448.53 abc | |
| Bacillus ambifaria (V9) | 69.5 c | 17.12 a | 146 c | 731.6 a | 468.97 abc | |
| Pseudomonas sp. (StB5) | 56.0 abc | 17.55 a | 145 bc | 726.5 a | 453.64 abc | |
| 33 | Control | 43.1 ab | 17.01 a | 160 c | 730.4 a | 509.83 bc |
| E. cloacae (L1) | 67.2 bc | 18.26 a | 159 c | 769.0 a | 457.73 abc | |
| B. megaterium(V16) | 55.5 abc | 19.49 a | 155 bc | 721.2 a | 430.14 ab | |
| P. ananatis (LB5) | 68.9 c | 17.48 a | 153 bc | 681.8 a | 382.12 a | |
| B. ambifaria (V9) | 57.8 abc | 15.91 a | 161 c | 666.6 a | 430.14 ab | |
| Pseudomonas sp. (StB5) | 53.7 abc | 17.23 a | 161 c | 720.0 a | 443.42 ab | |
| P = 0.056 | P = 0.326 | P = 0.764 | P = 0.89 | P = 0.055 | ||
| CV% = 15.8 | CV% = 18 | CV% = 9.4 | CV% = 20.9 | CV% = 13.3 | ||
Means with the same letter in the same column are not significantly different at P ≤ 0.05.