TABLE 4.
Effect of application of endophytes on the growth and yield of peanut genotypes at different levels of salinity during the post-rainy season of 2013 with two cultivars (TG37A and GG2) (pooled data across cultivars).
Salinity level | Pod yield (kg/ha) |
Haulm yield (kg/ha) |
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T1 | T2 | T3 | T4 | Mean | T1 | T2 | T3 | T4 | Mean | |
S0 | 2232 | 2642 | 2496 | 2826 | 2549 | 3249 | 3457 | 3408 | 3802 | 3479 |
S1 | 2059 | 2279 | 2254 | 2415 | 2252 | 2747 | 3179 | 2802 | 3043 | 2943 |
S2 | 1763 | 2066 | 1889 | 2020 | 1934 | 2265 | 2622 | 2302 | 2740 | 2482 |
Mean | 2018 | 2329 | 2213 | 2420 | 2753 | 3086 | 2837 | 3195 | ||
CD (0.05) | CD (0.05) | |||||||||
S | 341 | 291 | ||||||||
T | NS | 281 | ||||||||
SXT | NS | NS |
T1, control; T2, Bacillus firmus J22N; T3, Bacillus tequilensis SEN15N; T4, Bacillus sp. REN51N; S0, irrigation water (1.5–2.0 EC); S1, 3 EC irrigation water; S2, 6 EC irrigation water; total irrigation 12; saline irrigation 8.