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

TABLE 8.

Effects of seed biopriming and microbial intervention on yield and yield-attributing traits in maize grown in Summer and Kharif season under field conditions at harvest.

Treatments	Number of cobs/plant	Cob size (cm)	Number of grain/cob	Test weight (g)	Yield/plot (kg)
Summer maize
T₁—B. safensis MF-01	1.80^b	11.85^b	240.57^d	288.47^b	18.66^b
T₂—B. altitudinis MF-15	2.05^b	12.75^b	250.47^c	290.37^b	19.01^b
T₃—B. velezensis MF-08	2.15^b	12.45^b	260.45^b	285.49^c	19.55^b
T₄—B. safensis MF-01 + B. altitudinis MF-15 + B. velezensis MF-08	3.05^a	18.46^a	314.25^a	344.57^a	24.56^a
T₅—Control (untreated)	2.00^b	10.15^c	225.45^e	275.75^d	15.23^c
Kharif maize
T₁—B. safensis MF-01	2.25^b	14.75^b	309.25^b	298.23^c	28.10^b
T₂—B. altitudinis MF-15	2.30^b	14.96^b	290.75^d	300.97^c	28.50^b
T₃—B. velezensis MF-08	2.50^b	15.25^b	300.25^c	315.46^b	28.01^b
T₄—B. safensis MF-01 + B. altitudinis MF-15 + B. velezensis MF-08	3.15^a	29.45^a	385.44^a	365.33^a	33.46^a
T₅—Control (untreated)	1.95^b	12.47^c	254.33^e	285.25^d	24.81^c

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.