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Table 3.

Root dry weight (RDW, g plant⁻¹) and shoot dry weight (SDW, g plant⁻¹) of two promiscuous (TGx 1963-3F and TGx 1835-10E) and one non-promiscuous (BRS 284) soybean cultivars inoculated with 13 indigenous rhizobial isolates from Mozambique and five reference strains, B. elkanii SEMIA 587 and SEMIA 5019, B. japonicum SEMIA 5079, and B. diazoefficiens SEMIA 5080 and USDA 110. Trial conducted under greenhouse conditions in Londrina, Brazil, and plants harvested at 41 days after emergence.

Isolate/ Strain	RDW				SDW
	TGx 1963	TGx 1835	BRS 284	Mean	TGx 1963	TGx 1835	BRS 284	Mean
Moz 4	0.91 ^Aab^a	0.74 ^Ba−d	0.73 ^Bab	0.79 ^abc	2.19 ^Aa^a	1.91 ^Aa−d	1.96 ^Aa−d	2.02 ^abc
Moz 6	0.86 ^Aab	0.68 ^Ba−e	0.65 ^Bab	0.73 ^b−f	1.95 ^Aa	1.65 ^ABb−e	1.44 ^Bde	1.68 ^de
Moz 17	0.76 ^Abcd	0.60 ^Bdef	0.72 ^ABab	0.69 ^c−f	2.07 ^Aa	1.49 ^Bde	1.80 ^ABbcd	1.79 ^b−e
Moz 19	0.81 ^Aa−d	0.78 ^Aa−d	0.72 ^Aab	0.77 ^a−e	2.14 ^Aa	2.09 ^Aabc	1.67 ^Bcde	1.97 ^a−d
Moz 22	0.99 ^Aa	0.79 ^Ba−d	0.76 ^Bab	0.85 ^a	2.26 ^Aa	1.80 ^Ba−d	1.83 ^Ba−d	1.96 ^a−d
Moz 24	0.81 ^Aa−d	0.70 ^Aa−d	0.81 ^Aa	0.77 ^a−e	1.93 ^Aa	1.60 ^Ab−e	1.77 ^Abcd	1.77 ^b−e
Moz 27	0.85 ^Aab	0.81 ^Aabc	0.78 ^Aab	0.81 ^ab	2.08 ^Aa	2.13 ^Aab	1.97 ^Aa−d	2.06 ^ab
Moz 38	0.47 ^Be	0.46 ^Bf	0.66 ^Aab	0.53 ^h	1.21 ^Bb	1.11 ^Be	1.62 ^Ade	1.31 ^f
Moz 39	0.84 ^Aabc	0.79 ^Aa−d	0.72 ^Aab	0.79 ^abc	2.03 ^Aa	1.88 ^Aa−d	1.75 ^Abcd	1.88 ^b−e
Moz 40	0.74 ^Abcd	0.66 ^ABb−e	0.60 ^Bb	0.67 ^efg	1.92 ^Aa	1.72 ^Abcd	1.17 ^Be	1.60 ^ef
Moz 61	0.79 ^Abcd	0.66 ^Bb−e	0.79 ^Aab	0.75 ^a−e	1.98 ^Ba	1.85 ^Ba−d	2.40 ^Aa	2.08 ^ab
Moz 62	0.78 ^Abcd	0.84 ^Aab	0.75 ^Aab	0.79 ^abc	1.80 ^Aa	1.82 ^Aa−d	1.78 ^Abcd	1.80 ^b−e
Moz 95	0.72 ^Abcd	0.49 ^Bef	0.69 ^Aab	0.63 ^f−h	1.91 ^Aa	1.45 ^Bde	1.92 ^Aa−d	1.76 ^b−e
USDA 110	0.74 ^Abcd	0.87 ^Aa	0.75 ^Aab	0.79 ^abc	2.21 ^Aa	2.35 ^Aa	2.25 ^Aab	2.27 ^a
SEMIA 587	0.63 ^Ade	0.49 ^Bef	0.61 ^ABb	0.57 ^gh	1.83 ^Aa	1.43 ^Bde	1.71 ^ABb−e	1.66 ^de
SEMIA 5019	0.71 ^Abcd	0.64 ^Ac−f	0.69 ^Aab	0.68 ^d−g	1.73 ^Aab	1.55 ^Acde	1.74 ^Abcd	1.67 ^de
SEMIA 5079	0.72 ^Abcd	0.67 ^Ab−e	0.71 ^Aab	0.70 ^c−f	1.84 ^Aa	1.63 ^Ab−e	1.64 ^Ade	1.70 ^cde
SEMIA 5080	0.66 ^Acde	0.71 ^Aa−d	0.79 ^Aab	0.72 ^b−f	1.75 ^Bab	2.09 ^ABabc	2.23 ^Aabc	2.02 ^abc
Mean	0.76 ^A	0.69 ^B	0.72 ^B	0.72	1.93 ^A	1.75 ^B	1.81 ^B	1.83
Control + N^b	0.82	0.83	1.03		3.14	3.16	3.74
Control − N^b	0.35	0.30	0.37		0.60	0.58	0.66
C.V. (%)				10.77				12.25

Means of four replications and when followed by same letter, uppercase on the same line or lowercase on the same column, are not statistically different by Tukey’s test at p < 0.05.

Not included in statistical analysis.