Table 2.

Shoot biomass (dry weight) and N P K content of pearl millet inoculated with endophytic Bacillus strains after 50 days of cultivation under greenhouse conditions with no P added (P0), Araxá rock phosphate (RP) and soluble P (TSP). Results are means SD (n = 4).

	Shoot
	Dry weight (g pot−1)			N (mg pot−1)			P (mg pot−1)			K (mg pot−1)
Treatment	P0	RP	TSP	P0	RP	TSP	P0	RP	TSP	P0	RP	TSP
B0a	5.6 Aab	7.9 Aa	19.9 Ba	277.2 Aa	308.5 Aab	472.8 Ba	20.6 Aa	24.9 Aa	37.3 Ba	240.3 Aa	355.5 Aa	848.0 Ba
B1920	6.7 Aab	7.1 Aa	17.5 Ba	302.6 Aab	317.2 Aab	451.8 Ba	24.7 Aab	24.3 Aa	34.0 Ba	298.1 Aab	362.2 Aa	764.5 Ba
B1923	7.8 Abc	8.3 Aa	19.7 Ba	274.2 Aa	386.8 Bb	427.8 Ba	25.6 Aab	29.6 Aba	34.3 Ba	356.0 Aab	390.9 Aa	881.6 Ba
B2084	8.7 Ac	7.9 Aa	19.2 Ba	351.4 Ab	354.9 Aab	418.3 Aa	29.5 ABb	24.9 Aa	35.0 Ba	406.9 Ab	379.8 Aa	828.2 Ba
B2088	8.6 Ac	8.6 Aa	19.9 Ba	362.2 Ab	290.1 Aa	387.7 Aa	30.8 ABb	24.7 Aa	34.5 Ba	405.8 Ab	396.0 Aa	797.7 Ba

^aB0 – uninoculated control.

^bMeans followed by the same lower case letters in a column and capital letters on the lines do not differ significantly by the LSD test (p < 0.05).