Table 3. Effects of novel bio-inoculants on bacterial population in rhizosphere and 1000-grain weight of wheat in a field trial.
Treatments | Bacterial population (cfu × 104) | 1000-grain weight (g) | ||||||
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Trial I | Trial II | Trial III | Trial IV | Trial I | Trial II | Trial III | Trial IV | |
Control | 25.5 e | 24.0 c | 23.3 c | 23.3 c | 39.8 i | 39.5 g | 40.1 h | 39.0 f |
ZM27 | 26.5 de | 26.3 bc | 25.3 bc | 25.0 bc | 40.0 hi | 40.1 fg | 40.2 h | 40.0 ef |
ZM31 | 27.2 b-e | 26.3 bc | 24.7 bc | 26.0 a-c | 40.7 g-i | 40.1 fg | 40.7 gh | 39.6 ef |
ZM63 | 26.8 c-e | 26.7 bc | 25.3 bc | 25.7 a-c | 40.9 f-h | 40.5 e-g | 40.7 f-h | 40.5 de |
S10 | 28.0 b-e | 27.0 a-c | 25.7 bc | 26.3 a-c | 41.2 e-g | 40.3 e-g | 40.8 f-h | 41.2 cd |
ZM27+ZM31 | 27.8 b-e | 27.3 a-c | 26.3 a-c | 25.7 a-c | 42.1 b-e | 40.8 b-f | 42.0 de | 41.1 cd |
ZM27+ZM63 | 28.8 a-e | 27.0 a-c | 26.7 a-c | 25.7 a-c | 41.5 d-g | 41.5 c-e | 41.6 e-g | 40.4 de |
ZM27+S10 | 30.3 ab | 29.3 ab | 27.7 ab | 28.3 ab | 42.4 b-d | 42.0 b-d | 42.2 c-e | 42.1 a-c |
ZM31+ZM63 | 29.2 a-d | 27.3 a-c | 26.3 a-c | 26.7 a-c | 42.3 b-d | 41.9 b-d | 41.3 e-g | 42.0 a-c |
ZM31+S10 | 28.7 a-e | 27.3 a-c | 26.7 a-c | 26.3 a-c | 42.3 b-d | 41.8 b-d | 41.8 d-f | 41.7 bc |
ZM63+S10 | 30.5 ab | 28.0 a-c | 27.0 a-c | 27.0 a-c | 41.8 c-f | 42.0 b-d | 42.3 c-e | 41.8 a-c |
ZM27+ZM31+ZM63 | 30.0 a-c | 27.7 a-c | 27.3 ab | 27.3 ab | 42.7 a-c | 42.6 bc | 43.1 a-c | 42.0 a-c |
ZM27+ZM31+S10 | 29.7 a-d | 28.3 ab | 27.3 ab | 26.3 a-c | 42.5 b-d | 42.0 b-d | 42.8 b-d | 42.2 a-c |
ZM27+ZM63+S10 | 31.7 a | 31.0 a | 29.7 a | 29.3 a | 43.6 a | 44.0 a | 44.0 a | 42.9 a |
ZM31+ZM63+S10 | 30.3 ab | 29.0 ab | 28.0 ab | 28.0 ab | 42.7 a-c | 43.0 ab | 43.5 ab | 42.5 ab |
ZM27+ZM31+ZM63+S10 | 28.7 a-e | 29.3 ab | 27.7 ab | 27.3 ab | 43.0 ab | 43.1 ab | 43.1 a-c | 41.9 a-c |
LSD (p≤0.05) | 3.3564 | 4.0963 | 3.9072 | 3.9426 | 1.0371 | 1.2415 | 1.0713 | 1.1227 |
Data are present as mean of three replicates. Means followed by same letter(s) within a column are statistically similar (p≤0.05). cfu; colony forming unit.