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

TABLE 9.

Effects of seed biopriming and microbial intervention on Na⁺, K⁺, and Ca²⁺ uptake in maize grown in Kharif season under field conditions at harvest.

Treatments	Na⁺	K⁺	Ca²⁺	Na⁺/K⁺
Content in root
T₁—B. safensis MF-01	20.47^b	20.33^b	12.66^b	1.01^b
T₂—B. altitudinis MF-15	19.25^b	20.25^b	12.75^b	0.95^b
T₃—B. velezensis MF-08	18.01^b	22.35^b	12.50^b	0.81^b
T₄—B. safensis MF-01 + B. altitudinis MF-15 + B. velezensis MF-08	7.25^c	45.37^a	20.33^a	0.16^c
T₅—Control (untreated)	26.75^a	12.25^c	11.50^c	2.18^a
Content in shoot
T₁—B. safensis MF-01	13.06^b	8.25^bc	9.25^b	1.58^b
T₂—B. altitudinis MF-15	12.96^b	9.75^b	9.33^b	1.33^c
T₃—B. velezensis MF-08	12.47^b	10.50^b	9.56^b	1.19^c
T₄—B. safensis MF-01 + B. altitudinis MF-15 + B. velezensis MF-08	5.25^c	24.75^a	16.05^a	0.21^d
T₅—Control (untreated)	15.75^a	5.67^d	7.50^c	2.78^a

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.