Table 2. Effects of novel bio-inoculants on plant height and shoot dry biomass of wheat in a field trial.

Treatments	Plant height (cm)				Shoot dry biomass (g plant-1)
	Trial I	Trial II	Trial III	Trial IV	Trial I	Trial II	Trial III	Trial IV
Control	70.0 g	69.0 g	72.0 e	71.3 e	4.47 d	5.53 c	5.62 d	5.08 e
ZM27	73.7 fg	72.0 e-g	75.0 de	77.0 d	4.90 b-d	5.72 bc	6.00 b-d	5.19 de
ZM31	75.0 ef	71.7 fg	74.3 de	76.0 de	4.85 b-d	5.85 a-c	5.82 cd	5.57 b-e
ZM63	76.0 d-f	73.3 d-g	76.7 cd	77.7 cd	4.68 cd	5.80 bc	5.97 b-d	5.50 b-e
S10	78.7 c-e	75.3 c-f	77.7 cd	76.7 de	5.08 a-d	5.84 a-c	6.05 a-d	5.76 a-e
ZM27+ZM31	77.0 d-f	75.3 c-f	78.0 cd	79.3 b-d	5.03 a-d	5.69 bc	6.09 a-d	5.65 b-e
ZM27+ZM63	77.3 d-f	75.0 c-f	80.7 bc	79.7 b-d	5.20 a-d	6.00 a-c	6.31 a-d	5.37 c-e
ZM27+S10	83.0 ab	80.3 ab	83.7 ab	83.3 ab	5.22 a-d	6.18 a-c	6.58 a-d	6.02 a-c
ZM31+ZM63	78.7 c-e	77.7 a-d	80.0 bc	80.3 a-d	5.08 a-d	5.92 a-c	6.32 a-d	5.83 a-e
ZM31+S10	76.3 d-f	76.3 b-e	80.3 bc	81.0 a-d	5.15 a-d	6.15 a-c	6.49 a-d	5.97 a-c
ZM63+S10	77.7 de	75.7 c-f	81.0 bc	81.3 a-d	5.35 a-c	5.98 a-c	6.33 a-d	5.81 a-e
ZM27+ZM31+ZM63	79.3 b-d	78.0 a-c	83.7 ab	83.7 ab	5.35 a-c	6.39 a-c	6.47 a-d	5.91 a-d
ZM27+ZM31+S10	78.0 de	76.0 b-f	81.0 bc	81.3 a-d	5.52 ab	6.51 a-c	6.75 a-c	6.14 ab
ZM27+ZM63+S10	86.3 a	81.0 a	88.0 a	85.3 a	5.77 a	6.92 a	7.03 a	6.48 a
ZM31+ZM63+S10	82.3 bc	77.3 a-d	83.7 ab	81.3 a-d	5.41 a-c	6.69 ab	6.81 a-c	6.27 ab
ZM27+ZM31+ZM63+S10	79.7 b-d	77.0 a-d	81.0 bc	82.7 a-c	5.58 ab	6.42 a-c	6.90 ab	6.42 a
LSD (p≤0.05)	3.8045	4.3789	4.5671	5.4803	0.7839	1.0860	1.0016	0.7688

Data are present as mean of three replicates. Means followed by same letter(s) within a column are statistically similar (p≤0.05).