Table 4. Effects of novel bio-inoculants on grain and straw yield of wheat in a field trial.
| Treatments | Grain yield (tons ha-1) | Straw yield (tons ha-1) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trial I | Trial II | Trial III | Trial IV | Trial I | Trial II | Trial III | Trial IV | |
| Control | 4.68 i | 4.70 j | 4.82 h | 4.77 h | 5.09 h | 5.39 i | 5.44 f | 5.36 i |
| ZM27 | 4.84 gh | 4.80 ij | 4.98 g | 5.02 g | 5.18 gh | 5.62 h | 5.46 f | 5.58 gh |
| ZM31 | 4.75 hi | 4.81 h-j | 5.04 fg | 5.00 g | 5.26 fg | 5.63 h | 5.58 d-f | 5.52 h |
| ZM63 | 4.80 g-i | 4.82 hi | 5.01 g | 5.03 fg | 5.17 gh | 5.64 h | 5.53 ef | 5.62 f-g |
| S10 | 4.89 fg | 4.92 gh | 5.10 e-g | 5.19 de | 5.27 fg | 5.74 gh | 5.68 c-e | 5.71 f |
| ZM27+ZM31 | 4.91 fg | 4.97 fg | 5.15 ef | 5.14 e | 5.32 f | 5.79 fg | 5.63 de | 5.73 f |
| ZM27+ZM63 | 4.84 gh | 4.90 g-i | 5.08 fg | 5.13 ef | 5.35 ef | 5.72 gh | 5.70 cd | 5.65 fg |
| ZM27+S10 | 5.16 bc | 5.22 bc | 5.40 bc | 5.47 b | 5.57 bc | 6.04 b-d | 5.95 b | 6.06 bc |
| ZM31+ZM63 | 5.03 de | 5.09 de | 5.27 d | 5.26 cd | 5.44 de | 5.91 d-f | 5.82 bc | 5.91 de |
| ZM31+S10 | 4.97 ef | 5.03 ef | 5.22 de | 5.30 c | 5.45 de | 5.85 e-g | 5.83 bc | 5.89 e |
| ZM63+S10 | 5.21 b | 5.17 b-d | 5.45 b | 5.42 b | 5.52 b-d | 5.99 b-e | 5.84 bc | 6.01 b-d |
| ZM27+ZM31+ZM63 | 5.05 c-e | 5.11 c-e | 5.30 cd | 5.26 cd | 5.46 cd | 5.93 c-e | 5.88 b | 5.91 de |
| ZM27+ZM31+S10 | 5.20 b | 5.26 b | 5.45 b | 5.49 b | 5.61 b | 6.08 b | 5.93 b | 6.11 b |
| ZM27+ZM63+S10 | 5.35 a | 5.41 a | 5.60 a | 5.60 a | 5.76 a | 6.23 a | 6.11 a | 6.23 a |
| ZM31+ZM63+S10 | 5.12 b-d | 5.23 b | 5.41 bc | 5.42 b | 5.58 bc | 6.05 b-d | 5.96 ab | 5.99 b-e |
| ZM27+ZM31+ZM63+S10 | 5.18 b | 5.24 b | 5.49 ab | 5.46 b | 5.59 b | 6.06 bc | 5.94 b | 6.05 bc |
| LSD (p≤0.05) | 0.1193 | 0.1129 | 0.1232 | 0.1010 | 0.1154 | 0.1368 | 0.1576 | 0.1150 |
Data are present as mean of three replicates. Means followed by same letter(s) within a column are statistically similar (p≤0.05).