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Table 5.

Mean comparisons of main effects irrigation regime and bacteria inoculation on chlorophyll fluorescence parameters and nutrients content of sweet corn leaf.

	N (%)	K (mg kg⁻¹)	Zn (mg kg⁻¹)	Mn (mg kg⁻¹)	F₀	F_v/F_m
Irrigation regime
100%	2.17^a	2.98^b	36.72^a	69.19^a	71.43^b	0.680^a
80%	1.73^b	3.00^b	32.58^b	68.75^a	69.53^b	0.681^a
60%	1.39^c	3.82^a	24.85^c	42.27^b	87.20^a	0.648^b
Bacteria inoculation
No bacteria	1.13^b	2.15^c	23.27^d	50.33^d	77.40^a	0.668^c
P₁	1.94^a	3.60^b	33.65^c	60.00^b	73.82^c	0.681^a
P₃	1.90^a	3.62^b	31.10^b	55.29^c	75.72^b	0.675^b
P₈	1.94^a	3.57^b	35.00^a	61.32^b	74.68^c	0.679^a
P₁₄	2.00^a	3.80^a	35.48^a	54.00^c	77.12^a	0.670^bc
4-strains	2.10^a	3.81^a	35.50^a	66.28^a	72.84^d	0.685^a

P₁, P₃, P₈, P₁₄: four strains of P. fluorescens, 4 strains: combination of four strains.

The same letters on each comparison have no significant different (LSD at p ≤ 0.05).

Fv indicates variable fluorescence; Fm indicates maximum fluorescence.