Table 4. Rhizosphere microbiology (2015–16).
| Volodarka | Yatran 60 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Functional group | Ctrl seeds | Pelleted seeds | Primed seeds | Ctrl seeds | Pelleted seeds | Primed seeds |
| Amylolytic | 11 | 32 | 120 | 10 | 33 | 23 |
| Denitrifying | 6 | 60 | 250 | 60 | 600 | 1 |
| Nitrifying | 9 | 190 | 19 | 500 | 1900 | 900 |
| N-fixing | 95 | 450 | 250 | 450 | 1500 | 150 |
| Oligonitrophilic | 230 | 480 | 270 | 440 | 930 | 1500 |
Numbers are 104 per un-replicated (pooled) rhizosphere samples. Bacterial numbers and treatments are dependent for both wheat varieties (Volodarka, χ2 = 568, p < 0.0001; Yatran 60, χ2 = 1675, p < 0.0001). Ctrl, rhizosphere samples from plants grown from untreated seeds.