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Table 3.

Root 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).

	Root
	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
B0^a	1.2 Aa^b	1.5 Aa	3.5 Ba	26.4 Aa	28.4 Aa	49.3 Ba	1.9 Aa	2.2 Aa	4.2 Ba	22.2 Aa	23.1 Aa	43.2 Ba
B1920	1.7 ABab	1.3 Aa	2.9 Ba	35.9 Aab	27.6 Aa	45.4 Aa	2.6 Aab	1.9 Aa	4.2 Aa	28.3 Aa	24.0 Aa	35.0 Aa
B1923	2.4 Ab	1.5 Aa	3.6 Ba	45.5 Ab	31.3 Aa	56.7 Ba	3.6 ABb	2.3 Aa	4.78 Ba	29.9 Aa	27.9 Aa	45.9 Aa
B2084	1.8 Aab	1.7 Aa	3.6 Ba	37.3 Aab	37.5 Aab	56.1 Ba	2.7 Aab	2.7 Aab	4.1 Aa	29.7 Aa	32.7 Aa	45.3 Ba
B2088	1.7 Aab	2.5 Bb	3.7 Ca	35.6 Aab	46.6 ABb	55.5 Ba	2.6 Aab	3.7 ABb	4.7 Ba	34.4 Aa	38.4 Aa	43.3 Aa

B0 – uninoculated control.

Means 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).