Table I.
Shoot dry wt (mg/planta ± sd) of two M. truncatula lines and a M. sativa cultivar as a control, 39 DPI by A145 and RCR2011 strains of S. meliloti
| Medicago sp. |
S. meliloti Strains
|
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|---|---|---|---|
| A145 | RCR2011 | Uninoculated | |
| M. truncatula DZA315.16 | 35.0a ± 4.0 | 25.0b ± 3.0 | 6.5d ± 1.0 |
| M. truncatula Jemalong 6 | 6.6d ± 1.0 | 16.0c ± 5.0 | 6.0d ± 1.0 |
| M. sativa cv Gemini | 24.7b ± 4.0 | 23.5b ± 2.8 | 3.7d ± 0.8 |
a
Mean values of 20 plants. Identical letters indicate that the dry wt averages are not significantly different at P = 5% using the Student's t test.