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Table 2.

Effect of microbial consortium on the growth and physiological parameters of barley under field conditions.

Treatments	Shoot length (cm)	Root length (cm)	Fresh weight (g)	Dry weight (g)	Chlorophyll (mg/g)	Carotenoids (g/L)	Phenolics (μg/g)	Flavonoid (μg/g)	Soluble sugar (μg/g)
MC	48.00^h∗∗±1.00	8.25ⁱ ± 0.75	4.02^k ± 0.03	0.58^h∗±0.01	72.37ⁱ∗∗±0.55	17.77^j∗±1.15	1.60ⁱ∗∗±0.03	10.01^j∗∗±0.01	42.93ⁱ∗∗±0.03
N-culture	38.25^g ± 2.26	5.25^c ± 0.25	2.57ⁱ ± 0.39	0.44^f ± 0.09	30.72^c ± 0.10	12.45^e ± 0.29	1.12^h∗∗±0.02	9.25ⁱ∗∗±0.15	32.46^g∗∗±0.43
P-culture	37.00^f ± 2.01	6.75^g ± 0.25	2.06^g ± 0.22	0.28^d ± 0.01	37.24^e∗∗±0.68	12.74^e ± 0.63	1.04^g∗∗±0.02	8.16^h∗±0.35	33.09^h∗∗±0.11
K-culture	36.75^f ± 1.76	7.00^h ± 0.00	2.78^j ± 0.62	0.35^e ± 0.02	43.10^g∗∗±0.09	15.63^h ± 0.76	0.62^b ± 0.02	7.95^g∗±0.05	23.66^c∗∗±0.03
NPK 100%	35.50^e ± 0.50	5.25^c ± 0.25	2.33^h ± 0.40	0.47^g ± 0.08	34.40^d∗∗±0.05	13.39^f ± 2.28	0.74^d∗±0.02	7.97^g∗±0.02	33.17^h∗∗±0.43
NPK 50%	36.25^f ± 2.76	4.75^a ± 0.25	1.37^d ± 0.28	0.24^c ± 0.07	25.55^b ± 1.04	9.91^d ± 0.25	0.75^d∗±0.03	7.42^e ± 0.04	22.31^b∗∗±0.71
N 100%	35.25^e ± 1.25	6.25^e ± 0.25	1.59e±0.71	0.29^d ± 0.08	39.45^f∗∗±0.55	17.02ⁱ∗±2.37	0.79^e∗±0.02	7.01^d ± 0.25	28.35^f∗∗±0.37
N 50 %	28.75^b ± 2.76	6.00^d ± 1.00	1.20^c ± 1.28	0.17^b ± 0.07	40.73^f∗∗±0.00	12.38^e ± 2.28	0.64^b ± 0.01	6.53^c ± 0.33	24.79^d∗∗±0.42
P 100%	35.00^e ± 1.00	7.00^h ± 1.00	1.89f±0.43	0.16^b ± 0.01	50.67^h∗∗±0.07	14.16^g ± 3.65	0.92^f∗∗±0.02	8.03^g∗±0.07	31.81^g∗∗±0.20
P 50%	30.50^c ± 0.50	5.00^b ± 0.00	1.05^b ± 0.37	0.23^c ± 0.04	51.22^h∗∗±2.39	12.34^e ± 0.49	0.73^d∗±0.03	7.72^f∗±0.32	26.68^e∗∗±1.76
K 100%	32.00^d ± 1.00	6.50^f ± 0.50	1.39^d ± 0.06	0.16^b ± 0.01	25.28^b ± 0.71	8.14^c ± 1.50	0.80^e∗ ±0.02	6.25^b ± 0.15	23.79^c∗∗±0.79
K 50%	29.25^b ± 0.25	5.00^b ± 0.50	1.12^b ± 0.42	0.17^b ± 0.15	29.00^c ± 0.16	6.98^b ± 2.38	0.68^c ± 0.01	7.36^e ± 0.40	26.16^e∗∗±0.06
Control	26.75^a ± 1.76	4.75^a ± 0.25	0.90^a ± 0.03	0.13^a ± 0.01	20.24^a ± 0.06	3.95^a ± 0.66	0.45^a ± 0.05	6.09^a ± 0.16	11.68^a±0.06
LSD	0.77	0.15	0.12	0.02	1.98	0.52	0.04	0.15	1.05
SE	6.66	2.05	2.51	0.23	2.52	7.3	0.14	0.90	2.59
CD 5 percent	11.86	3.65	4.47	0.4	4.49	13	0.24	1.60	4.61
CD 1 percent	17.85	5.49	6.72	0.61	6.75	19.57	0.37	2.41	6.94

MC: Erwinia sp. EU-B2SNL1+C. arthrosphaerae EU-LWNA-37 + P. gessardii EU-MRK-19; N-culture: Erwinia sp. EU-B2SNL1; P culture: C. arthrosphaerae EU-LWNA-37; K-culture: P. gessardii EU-MRK-19.

[Numerical values are mean ± Standard deviation of mean (SD) of three independent observations].

Common superscript code on mean values indicate the non-significant differences among derivatives as based on unpaired Student t-test at p < 0.05. On the other hand, different superscript indicates significant differences among lines.