Table 9.

Potash Solubilization Efficiency (KSE) of isolates on Aleksandrow’s media during 3, 5, 7 and 10 DAI.

Sr. no.	Isolates	ZOS on 3 DAI			ZOS on 5 DAI			ZOS on 7 DAI			ZOS on 10 DAI
		ZOS (mm)	KSE (%)	S.I.	ZOS (mm)	KSE (%)	S.I.	ZOS (mm)	KSE (%)	S.I.	ZOS (mm)	KSE (%)	S.I.
1	S1	5.63	109.92 ± 5.46(cd)	2.10	9.53	134.30 ± 5.81(d)	2.34	13.37	167.13 ± 5.27(c)	2.67	14.73	180.42 ± 1.97(e)	2.80
2	S2	6.93	118.71 ± 5.46(bcd)	2.19	11.20	152.50 ± 5.81(bc)	2.53	15.40	196.61 ± 5.27(b)	2.97	16.50	202.88 ± 1.97(b)	3.03
3	S3	5.23	101.99 ± 5.46(d)	2.02	9.37	132.97 ± 5.81(d)	2.33	13.70	172.84 ± 5.27(c)	2.73	14.87	182.05 ± 1.97(e)	2.82
4	S4	9.60	202.97 ± 5.46(a)	3.03	12.70	195.46 ± 5.81(a)	2.96	17.23	241.13 ± 5.27(a)	3.41	17.83	239.92 ± 1.97(a)	3.40
5	S6	6.47	128.91 ± 5.46(b)	2.29	10.20	165.44 ± 5.81(bc)	2.65	14.63	195.17 ± 5.27(b)	2.95	15.80	205.18 ± 1.97(b)	3.05
6	S7	6.57	123.32 ± 5.46(bc)	2.23	10.40	167.74 ± 5.81(b)	2.68	14.77	191.76 ± 5.27(b)	2.92	15.60	196.65 ± 1.97(c)	2.97
7	S8	6.27	120.57 ± 5.46(bc)	2.21	9.97	162.52 ± 5.81(bc)	2.63	14.13	190.99 ± 5.27(b)	2.91	15.53	200.86 ± 1.97(bc)	3.01
8	S10	5.83	114.42 ± 5.46(cd)	2.14	9.57	160.45 ± 5.81(bc)	2.60	13.80	185.58 ± 5.27(b)	2.86	14.80	188.13 ± 1.97(d)	2.88
9	Control	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
S.Em. ±		3.86			4.11			3.73			1.39
C.D. at 5%		11.567			12.321			11.171			4.171
C.V. %		5.237			4.479			3.350			1.208

KSE Potash Solubilization Efficiency, ZOS Zone of Solubilization, S.I. Solubilization Index. Values of KSE (%) are mean ± standard error of 3 replicates. Different letters at various points indicate significant difference between treatments using Duncan’s multiple range test (P ≤ 0.01).