. 2018 Apr 24;49(Suppl 1):15–24. doi: 10.1016/j.bjm.2017.11.005

Table 1.

Plant height, number of productive tillers, spikelets per spike, grains per spike, 1000-grain yield, biological yield, grain yield, straw yield, harvest index of two wheat cultivars, and the soil organic matter, phosphorous and nitrogen at wheat harvest as affected by the application of bio-organic phosphate and phosphorous solubilizing bacteria.

Treatments	Galaxy-2013		Punjab-2011		Galaxy-2013		Punjab-2011		Galaxy-2013		Punjab-2011
	N–P (kg ha⁻¹)		N–P (kg ha⁻¹)		N–P (kg ha⁻¹)		N–P (kg ha⁻¹)		N–P (kg ha⁻¹)		N–P (kg ha⁻¹)
	75–50	150–100	75–50	150–100	75–50	150–100	75–50	150–100	75–50	150–100	75–50	150–100
	Plant height (cm)				Number of productive tillers (m⁻²)				Spikelets per spike
Control	93.3e	94.6de	87.8a–c	85.3bc	257e	311c–e	98b	89b	15.3g	16.5ef	14.8d	15.2c
PSB	97.9c–e	104.1bc	83.3c	90.1a–c	336b–d	303de	123b	116b	16.1f	18.1b	15.9c	15.9c
BOP	102.6b–d	104.6bc	92.5ab	87.1a–c	362bc	373b	122b	117b	16.8de	17.2cd	15.7c	15.5c
PSB + BOP	107.7b	123.1a	94.5a	87.3a-c	390b	474a	174a	109b	17.7bc	20.2a	18.0a	17.5b
LSD (p ≤ 0.05)	9.3		7.9		38.2		44.0		0.59		0.50

	Grains per spike				1000-grain weight (g)				Biological yield (Mg ha⁻¹)
Control	30.6g	33.0ef	29.0b	29.6b	44.7e	47.9c–e	38.7c	40.6bc	5.5d	6.4cd	5.1cd	5.4c
PSB	32.2f	36.2b	31.4ab	31.8ab	46.9de	52.7b	41.2b	42.2ab	6.8c	7.6bc	5.9bc	6.4b
BOP	33.6de	34.4cd	31.0ab	31.4ab	49.1b–e	50.1b–d	44.1ab	42.9ab	6.9c	7.6bc	6.0b	6.2b
PSB + BOP	35.4bc	40.4a	32.0a	32.0a	51.6bc	58.9a	46.5a	46.7a	7.9b	8.9a	7.6a	7.7a
LSD (p ≤ 0.05)	0.59		0.50		4.57		4.00		0.43		0.41

	Grain yield (Mg ha⁻¹)				Straw yield (Mg ha⁻¹)				Harvest index (%)
Control	2.5bc	3.0b	2.0b	2.2ab	3.0cd	3.4c	3.1bc	3.2bc	45.5e	46.9d	39.2d	40.7c
PSB	3.3b	3.8ab	2.5ab	2.8ab	3.5bc	3.8b	3.4ab	3.6ab	48.5c	50.0ab	42.4a	43.8.ab
BOP	3.4b	3.8ab	2.5ab	2.7ab	3.5bc	3.8b	3.5ab	3.5ab	49.3b	50.0ab	41.7b	43.5b
PSB + BOP	4.0ab	4.5a	3.8a	3.9a	3.9b	4.4a	3.8a	3.8a	50ab	50.6a	50.0a	50.6a
LSD (p ≤ 0.05)	0.43		0.43		0.42		0.44		0.50		0.42

	Soil organic matter (%)				Phosphorous (mg kg⁻¹)				Nitrogen (%)
Control	0.33d	0.33d	0.33c	0.32c	9.1cd	9.0cd	9.2c	9.1d	0.083	0.083	0.081	0.082
PSB	0.38c	0.39bc	0.39bc	0.38bc	9.3c	9.5b	9.5c	9.3c	0.085	0.086	0.085	0.084
BOP	0.40bc	0.41b	0.41b	0.39bc	9.5b	9.5b	9.5c	9.2c	0.085	0.085	0.086	0.084
PSB + BOP	0.45a	0.48a	0.46a	0.47a	9.8ab	10.3a	9.9b	10.3a	0.095	0.099	0.098	0.099
LSD (p ≤ 0.05)	0.03		0.02		0.2		0.3		NS		NS

Figures of main effects and interactions sharing the same case letter do not differ significantly at p ≤ 0.05; BOP, bio-organic phosphorous; PSB, phosphorous solubilizing bacteria; N, nitrogen; P, phosphorous.