. 2021 Feb 12;11:568325. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2020.568325

TABLE 5.

Effects of seed biopriming and microbial intervention on activity of soil enzymes in maize rhizosphere grown in Kharif season under nethouse experiments at 45 days of sowing.

Treatments	Dehydrogenase activity (μg TPF/g of dry soil/24 h)	Alk. phosphatase activity (μg PNP/g of dry soil/2 h)	Acid phosphatase activity (μg PNP/g of dry soil/2 h)	Protease activity (μg tyrosine/g of dry soil/h)	Cellulase activity (μg glucose/g of dry soil/h)	Invertase activity (mg glucose/g of dry soil/h)	Microbial biomass carbon (mg/kg of dry soil)	Soil respiration (mg CO₂-C/100 g of dry soil/10 day)
T₁—B. safensis MF-01	20.33^b	101.50^b	94.33^bc	105.50^c	70.50^d	5.25^c	114.56^c	7.85^c
T₂—B. altitudinis MF-15	20.80^b	98.05^c	95.85^b	110.50^b	73.57^c	6.05^b	112.75^d	8.01^c
T₃—B. velezensis MF-08	20.50^b	101.95^b	96.33^b	109.75^b	75.50^b	6.45^b	116.25^b	9.33^b
T₄—B. safensis MF-01 + B. altitudinis MF-15 + B. velezensis MF-08	28.5^a	124.50^a	115.85^a	119.50^a	88.85^a	10.01^a	143.60^a	14.59^a
T₅—Control (untreated)	18.93^c	88.45^d	83.25^d	98.25^d	60.33^e	4.35^d	111.25^de	6.50^d

Data with different letters show significant difference in column data in randomized block design test at p < 0.05 under Duncan’s multiple range test.