. 2021 Mar 9;78(4):1615–1627. doi: 10.1007/s00284-021-02432-w

Table 3.

Effects of rhizobia and mycorrhizal inoculation on the yield components of soybean plants exposed to a 16-week period of drought stress

Treatment	Pod number	Pod fresh weight (g)	Seed number	Seed fresh weight (g)	Highest seed number per pod	Seed dry weight (g)
Control 40	0.50 ± 0.33^de	0.01 ± 0.00^d	0.00 ± 0.00^d	0.00 ± 0.00^c	0.00 ± 0.00^f	0.00 ± 0.00^b
R1 40	0.25 ± 0.25^e	0.03 ± 0.03^d	0.00 ± 0.00^d	0.00 ± 0.00^c	0.00 ± 0.00^f	0.00 ± 0.00^b
R3 40	0.13 ± 0.44^e	0.01 ± 0.13^d	0.00 ± 0.00^d	0.00 ± 0.00^c	0.00 ± 0.00^f	0.00 ± 0.00^b
MY 40	0.88 ± 0.38^bcde	0.13 ± 0.20^cd	0.510 ± 0.59^d	0.04 ± 0.09^c	0.75 ± 0.38^bcdef	0.03 ± 0.03^b
R1MY 40	0.50 ± 0.87^de	0.16 ± 0.61^cd	0.63 ± 1.36^d	0.05 ± 0.31^c	0.50 ± 0.31^def	0.01 ± 0.12^b
R3MY 40	0.38 ± 0.35^de	0.05 ± 0.33^d	0.25 ± 0.74^d	0.01 ± 0.07^c	0.25 ± 0.41^ef	0.02 ± 0.02^b
R1+R3 40	0.25 ± 0.25^e	0.16 ± 0.11^cd	0.75 ± 0.49^d	0.07 ± 0.05c	0.50 ± 0.33^def	0.03 ± 0.02^b
R1+R3MY 40	0.57 ± 0.43^bcde	0.10 ± 0.08^cd	1.14 ± 0.73^bcd	0.10 ± 0.07^bc	1.14 ± 0.73^abcd	0.093 ± 0.08^ab
Control 70	1.12 ± 0.35^bcde	0.12 ± 0.04^cd	0.50 ± 0.19^d	0.05 ± 0.19^c	0.50 ± 0.19^def	0.01 ± 0.00^b
R1 70	1.25 ± 0.37^bcde	0.27 ± 0.09^cd	0.88 ± 0.39^d	0.06 ± 0.03^c	0.75 ± 0.31^bcdef	0.04 ± 0.02^b
R3 70	0.88 ± 0.44^bcde	0.25 ± 0.13^cd	1.13 ± 0.58^dc	0.11 ± 0.07^bc	0.75 ± 0.37^bcdef	0.03 ± 0.02^b
MY 70	1.00 ± 0.38^bcde	0.53 ± 0.21^bcd	1.50 ± 0.59^bcd	0.19 ± 0.09^bc	1.00 ± 0.38^abcdef	0.06 ± 0.03^b
R1MY70	2.50 ± 0.87^abcde	1.17 ± 0.61^abc	2.88 ± 1.35^abcd	0.50 ± 0.31^abc	1.25 ± 0.31^abcde	0.19 ± 0.12^ab
R3MY 70	1.13 ± 0.35^bcde	0.95 ± 0.33^abcd	1.13 ± 0.74^dc	0.07 ± 0.07^c	0.63 ± 0.42^cdef	0.03 ± 0.02^b
R1+R3 70	2.13 ± 0.58^abcde	0.65 ± 0.24^bcd	3.00 ± 0.96^abcd	0.28 ± 0.11^abc	1.25 ± 0.37^abcde	0.14 ± 0.05^ab
R1+R3MY 70	1.88 ± 0.39^abcde	0.56 ± 0.25^bcd	2.25 ± 0.77^bcd	0.26 ± 0.15^bc	1.25 ± 0.31^abcde	0.08 ± 0.05^b
Control 100	0.17 ± 0.11^cde	0.17 ± 0.11^cd	0.50 ± 0.27^d	0.03 ± 0.02^c	0.50 ± 0.28^def	0.01 ± 0.01^b
R1 100	4.38 ± 1.99^a	1.82 ± 0.89^a	6.25 ± 2.96^a	0.78 ± 0.41^a	1.75 ± 0.49^abc	0.23 ± 0.12^ab
R3 100	2.75 ± 1.19^abcde	0.79 ± 0.37^abcd	2.63 ± 1.05^bcd	0.29 ± 0.13^abc	1.13 ± 0.39^abcdef	0.08 ± 0.04^b
MY 100	3.38 ± 1.71^abc	0.99 ± 0.53^abcd	2.51 ± 1.54^abcd	0.27 ± 0.19^abc	2.88 ± 0.39^abcdef	0.37 ± 0.07^ab
R1MY 100	3.13 ± 0.58^abcd	0.76 ± 0.21^bcd	2.25 ± 0.90^bcd	0.22 ± 0.09^bc	0.88 ± 0.29^abcdef	0.06 ± 0.03^b
R3MY100	3.50 ± 1.28^ab	1.17 ± 0.46^abc	5.00 ± 2.33^ab	0.61 ± 0.32^ab	2.00 ± 0.38^a	0.35 ± 0.28^a
R1+R3 100	2.88 ± 0.95^abcde	0.80 ± 0.24^abcd	2.88 ± 0.74^abcd	0.31 ± 0.09^abc	1.75 ± 0.31^abc	0.09 ± 0.03^ab
R1+R3MY100	4.13 ± 1.16^a	1.38 ± 0.46^ab	4.63 ± 1.31^abc	0.62 ± 0.28^ab	1.88 ± 0.48^ab	0.23 ± 0.12^ab

Control—non-inoculated treatment, R1—Rhizobium sp. strain R1, R3—R. cellulosilyticum strain R3, MY—Mycorrhizal consortium, R1MY—Rhizobium sp. strain R1 and mycorrhizal fungal consortium, R3MY—R. cellulosilyticum strain R3 and mycorrhizal consortium, R1+R3—Rhizobium sp. strain R1 and R. cellulosilyticum strain R3, R1+R3MY—Rhizobium sp. strain R1, R. cellulosilyticum strain R3 and mycorrhizal consortium, 40—40% field water capacity, 70—70% field water capacity, 100—100% field water capacity, g—gram. Data represent mean ± SE. According to Duncan’s multiple-range test (n = 8), values that have common letters are not different significantly (p > 0.05)