Table 3.
Nutrient concentration, accumulation and nutrient-use efficiency index (UEI) of macro and micronutrients in plant shoot due to the bacterial treatments, 30 days after transplanting (T30) into the soil.
| Nutrient | N | P | K | Ca | Mg | S | Fe | Mn | Cu | Zn | B | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nutrient Concentration | Treatments | g kg−1 | mg kg−1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| control | 18.52 | a * | 1.83 | b | 27.38 | b | 4.73 | a | 2.72 | a | 2.85 | a | 68.80 | c | 57.80 | a | 8.50 | c | 32.08 | b | 1.58 | b | |
| IAC-BECa-088 | 17.88 | b | 2.06 | a | 30.53 | a | 5.02 | a | 2.82 | a | 3.20 | a | 69.08 | c | 65.93 | a | 11.18 | a | 37.03 | a | 2.74 | a | |
| IAC-BECa-090 | 19.28 | a | 1.68 | b | 27.03 | b | 5.03 | a | 2.90 | a | 2.92 | a | 80.43 | b | 66.70 | a | 9.15 | b | 33.58 | a | 2.33 | a | |
| IAC-BECa-095 | 18.47 | a | 1.71 | b | 24.85 | c | 4.83 | a | 2.87 | a | 2.95 | a | 139.62 | a | 67.35 | a | 9.60 | b | 35.00 | a | 2.38 | a | |
| IAC-BECa-135 | 17.62 | b | 1.78 | b | 25.03 | c | 4.78 | a | 2.80 | a | 2.97 | a | 79.24 | b | 59.51 | a | 9.00 | b | 28.99 | b | 2.54 | a | |
| IAC-BECa-141 | 17.85 | b | 1.75 | b | 25.07 | c | 4.62 | a | 2.90 | a | 2.88 | a | 71.39 | c | 63.84 | a | 8.27 | c | 32.40 | b | 2.31 | a | |
| IAC-BECa-152 | 18.19 | b | 1.43 | c | 21.80 | d | 4.12 | b | 2.65 | a | 2.55 | a | 69.78 | c | 56.72 | a | 7.90 | c | 30.18 | b | 2.26 | a | |
| CV (%) | 3.88 | 4.74 | 8.55 | 8.94 | 6.32 | 8.64 | 10.43 | 11.50 | 9.20 | 9.63 | 17.03 | ||||||||||||
| Nutrient Accumulation | Treatments | g plant−1 | mg plant−1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| control | 0.029 | b | 0.0029 | d | 0.0436 | c | 0.0075 | b | 0.0043 | b | 0.0045 | b | 0.109 | c | 0.0894 | c | 0.0135 | c | 0.0508 | c | 0.0193 | a | |
| IAC-BECa-088 | 0.049 | a | 0.0056 | a | 0.0836 | a | 0.0137 | a | 0.0077 | a | 0.0088 | a | 0.189 | b | 0.1803 | a | 0.0308 | a | 0.1012 | a | 0.0173 | a | |
| IAC-BECa-090 | 0.045 | a | 0.0039 | c | 0.0626 | b | 0.0116 | a | 0.0067 | a | 0.0068 | a | 0.186 | b | 0.1548 | a | 0.0212 | b | 0.0779 | b | 0.0190 | a | |
| IAC-BECa-095 | 0.044 | a | 0.0041 | c | 0.0591 | b | 0.0115 | a | 0.0068 | a | 0.0070 | a | 0.328 | a | 0.1589 | a | 0.0228 | b | 0.0833 | b | 0.0202 | a | |
| IAC-BECa-135 | 0.045 | a | 0.0046 | b | 0.0645 | b | 0.0122 | a | 0.0071 | a | 0.0076 | a | 0.205 | b | 0.1522 | a | 0.0230 | b | 0.0745 | b | 0.0200 | a | |
| IAC-BECa-141 | 0.041 | a | 0.0040 | b | 0.0582 | b | 0.0107 | a | 0.0067 | a | 0.0067 | a | 0.164 | b | 0.1480 | a | 0.0191 | b | 0.0755 | b | 0.0191 | a | |
| IAC-BECa-152 | 0.041 | a | 0.0032 | d | 0.0494 | c | 0.0093 | b | 0.0059 | a | 0.0058 | b | 0.156 | b | 0.1266 | b | 0.0177 | c | 0.0682 | c | 0.0218 | a | |
| CV (%) | 15.67 | 17.12 | 20.96 | 18.30 | 16.07 | 20.43 | 15.79 | 18.21 | 20.34 | 20.99 | 19.24 | ||||||||||||
| UEI | Treatments | g2 biomass g−1 nutrient | mg2 biomass g−1 nutrient | ||||||||||||||||||||
| control | 0.1480 | b | 1.4716 | b | 0.0973 | b | 0.5755 | b | 0.9900 | b | 0.9783 | b | 0.0384 | b | 0.0489 | b | 0.3127 | b | 0.0833 | b | 0.0525 | a | |
| IAC-BECa-088 | 0.4211 | a | 3.6949 | a | 0.2476 | a | 1.5051 | a | 2.6804 | a | 2.3511 | a | 0.1096 | a | 0.1143 | a | 0.6745 | a | 0.2037 | a | 0.1309 | a | |
| IAC-BECa-090 | 0.2798 | a | 3.2127 | a | 0.2025 | a | 1.0953 | a | 1.8673 | a | 1.8493 | a | 0.0676 | a | 0.0810 | a | 0.5901 | a | 0.1608 | a | 0.1038 | a | |
| IAC-BECa-095 | 0.3087 | a | 3.3297 | a | 0.2283 | a | 1.1819 | a | 1.9828 | a | 1.9213 | a | 0.0450 | b | 0.0874 | a | 0.6005 | a | 0.1622 | a | 0.1171 | a | |
| IAC-BECa-135 | 0.3763 | a | 3.7250 | a | 0.2620 | a | 1.3904 | a | 2.4004 | a | 2.2113 | a | 0.0839 | a | 0.1112 | a | 0.7395 | a | 0.2283 | a | 0.1358 | a | |
| IAC-BECa-141 | 0.3084 | a | 3.1453 | a | 0.2190 | a | 1.1985 | a | 1.8927 | a | 1.9120 | a | 0.0780 | a | 0.0856 | a | 0.6677 | a | 0.1677 | a | 0.1039 | a | |
| IAC-BECa-152 | 0.2926 | a | 3.7625 | a | 0.2413 | a | 1.3073 | a | 2.0530 | a | 2.0769 | a | 0.0786 | a | 0.0977 | a | 0.6852 | a | 0.1779 | a | 0.1238 | a | |
| CV (%) | 34.51 | 35.53 | 31.80 | 36.22 | 36.64 | 32.52 | 37.84 | 38.72 | 36.52 | 31.19 | 46.70 | ||||||||||||
* Different lower-case letters (a, b, c, d) indicate significant differences among inoculation treatments by Scott-Knott (p < 0.05). CV (%): coefficient of variation.