Table 6. The impact of different rhizobacteria inoculation on biochemical traits of chilli grown under different nitrogen doses.
Treatments | Antioxidant capacity | Antioxidant activity | Total phenolic contents | Carotenoid | Leaf chlorophyll content | Chlorophyll a | Chlorophyll b |
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B 1 ×F 1 | 11.68 ef | 11.14 e | 115.68 f | 41.02 d | 8.92 f | 0.25 gh | 0.47 d |
B 1 ×F 2 | 11.62 ef | 11.16 e | 130.21 e | 45.39 d | 11.79 de | 0.28 g | 0.59 cd |
B 1 ×F 3 | 13.41 cd | 11.87 bcde | 145.27 c | 58.30 c | 11.18 de | 0.54 ef | 0.64 c |
B 1 ×F 4 | 12.71 de | 11.50 cde | 155.64 b | 53.99 c | 13.36 bc | 0.56 def | 1.02 ab |
B 1 ×F 5 | 13.35 cd | 11.99 bcd | 143.12 cd | 51.60 c | 14.59 b | 0.66 cde | 0.47 d |
B 1 ×F 6 | 14.59 ab | 12.42 ab | 176.90 a | 71.31 a | 16.05 a | 1.09 a | 1.11 a |
B 2 ×F 1 | 11.14 f | 11.15 e | 120.83 f | 34.13 e | 7.95 f | 0.14 h | 0.26 e |
B 2 ×F 2 | 11.59 ef | 11.27 de | 135.55 de | 41.97 d | 8.05 f | 0.49 f | 0.22 e |
B 2 ×F 3 | 14.20 bc | 12.28 abc | 137.45 cde | 54.63 c | 10.68 e | 0.67 cd | 0.46 d |
B 2 ×F 4 | 15.65 a | 12.96 a | 178.50 a | 71.64 a | 16.30 a | 1.06 a | 1.12 a |
B 2 ×F 5 | 12.59 de | 11.49 de | 157.62 b | 54.88 c | 12.09 cd | 0.69 c | 1.14 a |
B 2 ×F 6 | 15.68 a | 12.53 a | 179.96 a | 71.99 ad | 16.15 a | 1.14 a | 1.14 a |
LSD 5% | 1.14 | 0.79 | 8.32 | 4.64 | 1.35 | 0.12 | 0.14 |
Here, B1 = no bacteria inoculation, B2 = bacteria inoculation, F1 = 50% N, F2 = 60% N, F3 = 70% N, F4 = 75% N, F5 = 80% N, F6 = 100% N, Means followed by different letters within a column statistically differ from each other (p>0.05).