Table 5. Effects of novel bio-inoculants on iron and zinc content in grains of wheat in a field trial.
| Treatments | Fe content in grain (mg kg-1) | Zn content in grain (mg kg-1) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trial I | Trial II | Trial III | Trial IV | Trial I | Trial II | Trial III | Trial IV | |
| Control | 11.2 f | 10.4 j | 8.27 g | 8.88 j | 6.99 j | 7.50 j | 8.89 k | 8.77 k |
| ZM27 | 11.5 d-f | 10.5 ij | 8.73 d-f | 8.96 ij | 7.06 j | 7.60 i | 9.12 j | 8.82 k |
| ZM31 | 11.8 b-f | 10.5 i | 8.55 e-g | 9.16 fg | 7.23 i | 7.66 i | 9.26 i | 8.91 j |
| ZM63 | 11.3 ef | 10.4 ij | 8.61 ef | 9.08 gh | 7.31 h | 7.79 h | 9.29 i | 9.11 h |
| S10 | 11.6 c-f | 10.5 hi | 8.67 ef | 9.03 hi | 7.51 f | 7.75 h | 9.52 gh | 9.02 i |
| ZM27+ZM31 | 11.8 b-f | 10.7 gh | 8.46 fg | 9.14 g | 7.46 f | 7.87 g | 9.59 fg | 9.23 g |
| ZM27+ZM63 | 11.6 c-f | 10.7 fg | 8.97 b-d | 9.25 ef | 7.39 g | 8.04 f | 9.45 h | 9.33 f |
| ZM27+S10 | 12.1 a-d | 10.9 de | 9.06 bc | 9.57 c | 7.83 c | 8.28 d | 9.79 c-e | 9.52 c |
| ZM31+ZM63 | 12.0 a-e | 10.8 ef | 8.98 b-d | 9.35 de | 7.64 e | 8.18 e | 9.74 e | 9.40 e |
| ZM31+S10 | 11.7 b-f | 10.6 hi | 8.78 c-e | 9.44 d | 7.62 e | 8.15 e | 9.66 f | 9.43 de |
| ZM63+S10 | 12.1 a-d | 11.1 c | 9.06 bc | 9.58 c | 7.73 d | 8.20 e | 9.75 de | 9.60 b |
| ZM27+ZM31+ZM63 | 12.3 a-c | 11.1 bc | 8.98 b-d | 9.88 a | 7.75 d | 8.36 c | 9.94 b | 9.53 c |
| ZM27+ZM31+S10 | 12.2 a-d | 11.0 cd | 9.19 ab | 9.63 c | 7.88 bc | 8.38 c | 9.86 c | 9.47 cd |
| ZM27+ZM63+S10 | 12.7 a | 11.3 a | 9.36 a | 9.98 a | 8.06 a | 8.56 a | 10.05 a | 9.72 a |
| ZM31+ZM63+S10 | 12.5 ab | 11.2 ab | 9.14 ab | 9.77 b | 7.93 b | 8.47 b | 9.96 b | 9.63 b |
| ZM27+ZM31+ZM63+S10 | 12.0 a-e | 11.0 cd | 8.99 b-d | 9.61 c | 7.82 c | 8.36 c | 9.82 cd | 9.49 cd |
| LSD (p≤0.05) | 0.8038 | 0.1152 | 0.2912 | 0.1007 | 0.0703 | 0.0721 | 0.0731 | 0.0621 |
Data are present as mean of three replicates. Means followed by same letter(s) within a column are statistically similar (p≤0.05).