Table 5.

Effect of phosphorus (P) source, P level, and addition of phosphate-solubilizing bacteria (PSB) on plant biomass (kg ha⁻¹) of mungbean.

Treatment	Fresh biomass	Dry biomass	Grain yield	No. of pods per plant	No. of seeds per pod	1000-grain weight (g)
Control	8700.00	6333.33	1137	21.67	11.00	43.31
All treatments	13970.37	8625.93	1641	25.67	12.89	48.28
Significance level	∗∗	∗∗	∗∗	∗∗	∗∗	ns
P source (PS):
Single superphosphate	13016.67b†	8358.33b	1626	24.42	12.58b	49.87
Rock phosphate	15516.67a	9191.67a	1587	26.08	13.00a	49.67
Significance level	∗∗	∗∗	ns	ns	∗	ns
P level (PL)
45 kg ha−1	13508.33b	8666.67b	1614	24.67	12.83	46.75b
90 kg ha−1	15025.00a	8883.33a	1600	25.83	12.75	52.79a
Significance level	∗∗	∗	ns	ns	ns	∗
PSB addition:
Without PSB	12683.33b	8650.00b	1524b	23.50b	12.58b	43.45b
With PSB	15850.00a	8900.00a	1690a	27.00a	13.00a	56.09a
Significance level	∗∗	∗	∗∗	∗∗	∗	∗∗
Interactions:	significance level
PS x PL	ns	ns	ns	ns	ns	ns
PS x PSB	∗∗	ns	ns	ns	ns	∗∗
PL x PSB	ns	ns	ns	ns	ns	ns
PS x PL x PSB	ns	ns	∗	ns	ns	∗∗

^†Different letters after values indicate statistically significant difference at ∗P < 0.05; ∗∗P < 0.01, ns = non-significant.