Table 7. Effect of PSB inoculation on P uptake ofwheat and soil nutrients in field trials.
| Site | Treatment | Plant Seed P content (%) |
Soil available P (μg g-1 soil) | Soil Phosphatase Activity (μmoles g-1 soil hr-1) |
Soil Potassium Content (μg g-1 soil) |
Soil Sodium content (μg g-1 soil) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Peshawar, KPK province |
Inoculated | 2.20±0.08 a | 2.10±0.09 a | 25.43±0.08 a | 40.95±1.95 a | 42.47±1.16 a |
| Control 80% | 1.99±0.11 b | 1.56±0.13 c | 21.55±0.11 c | 34.45±0.81 b | 30.27±0.59 b | |
| Control 100% | 2.14±0.02 ab | 1.84±0.16 b | 22.02±0.02 b | 33.54±1.56 b | 31.67±0.47 b | |
|
Faisalabad, Punjab province |
Inoculated | 3.84±0.11 a | 1.99±0.07 a | 21.24±0.22 a | 33.67±2.15 ab | 39.64±0.58 a |
| Control 80% | 3.34±0.06 b | 1.53±0.06 b | 19.30±0.91 b | 34.19±1.25 a | 8.820±0.66 c | |
| Control 100% | 3.68±0.06 a | 1.66±0.08 b | 20.25±0.80 ab | 30.81±0.39 c | 18.02±0.66 b |
Effect of PSB on wheat P uptake and soil nutrients at Peshawar grown during winter season 2017. Data is an average of five replicates. Data was taken at 120 Days after sowing (DAS). ± represents Standard Deviation. Means with significant difference (P<0.05) among treatments is represented by different letter. Pseudomonas sp. MS16 (1 x109 CFU mL-1) was seed-inoculated before sowing. Inoculated plots were supplemented with 80% of recommended dose of DAP fertilizer.