Table 1.
Effect of the application of strain T140 compared to plants not treated with T140 (control) on the dry weight of the aerial parts (DW), grain yield per plant (GYP), grain number per plant (GNP), spike number per plant (SNP), total grain yield (GY), and total spike number (SN) of highly N-fertilized 28-week-old wheat plants grown in a greenhouse under two irrigation conditions (optimal irrigation (OI), and water stress (WS, 1/2 watering applied)).
| Control | T140 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OI | WS | OI | WS | |
| DW (g) | 9.2 ± 1.2 a | 6.6 ± 1.6 c | 9.1 ± 0.7 a | 7.6 ± 0.9 b |
| GYP (g) | 2.8 ± 0.4 a | 2.1 ± 0.7 b | 2.8 ± 0.5 a | 2.6 ± 0.6 a |
| GNP | 87.8 ± 16.2 a | 63.9 ± 19.5 b | 84.0 ± 13.5 a | 79.7 ± 19.0 a |
| SNP | 3.9 ± 0.8 a | 3.0 ± 1.1 b | 4.3 ± 0.6 a | 3.7 ± 0.4 a |
| GY (g) | 101.99 | 74.14 | 101.74 | 91.99 |
| GN | 3160 | 2300 | 3024 | 2868 |
| SN | 139 | 109 | 154 | 133 |
Data are calculated from 12 replicates per treatment and irrigation condition (n = 12). Values in the same row with different letters are significantly different according to one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) followed by Tukey’s test (p < 0.05).