Table 5.

Maize growth parameters in the 2011/2012 season.

Treatments		% germination	Dry weight (g) in season 2011/2012			Yield (kg ha-1)
N-fertilizer (%)	Bacteria		30 DAP	60 DAP	90 DAP
0	Control	37.3 a	14.3 a	56.5 a	363 a	301 a
	LB5	44.6 ab	14.8 a	98.1 b	498 abc	309 ab
	V9	59.0 cd	15.8 a	96.9 b	542 abc	307 ab
	V16	54.7 bc	15.9 a	109.3 bcd	465 ab	309 ab
	L1	64.7 cde	16.2 a	102.8 bc	513 abc	302 a
	StB5	74.6 ef	17.2 ab	97.3 b	531 abc	337 abc
33	Control	82.7 fg	26.3 bc	117 bcd	565 bc	415 bc
	LB5	63.0 cde	16.7 ab	113.7 bcd	492 abc	403 abc
	V9	85.3 fg	20.0 ab	126.7 d	542 abc	363 abc
	V16	54.7 bc	19.0 ab	122.4 cd	579 bc	440 c
	L1	74.0 def	16.9 ab	116.9 bcd	663 cd	405 abc
	StB5	88.0 fg	18.9 ab	122.0 cd	601 bcd	425 c
		P < 0.001	P < 0.001	P < 0.001	P < 0.001	P < 0.001
		CV% = 28.5[12]	CV% = 21.4	CV% = 6.3	CV% = 10.5	CV% = 0.92

Means with the same letter in the same column are not significantly different at P ≤ 0.05.