TABLE 3.

Effect of inoculation with endophytic and nonendophytic photosynthetic Bradyrhizobium strains on shoot and grain yields of O. breviligulata grown in a greenhouse

Straina	Dry wtb (g) of:
	Shoots and leaves	Grain
ORS405	19.7†,‡	1.9‡
ORS2019	16.7‡	3.5‡
ORS404	20.7†,‡	4.5‡
ORS2012	21.4†,‡	4.6‡
ORS402	23.0†	4.9‡
ORS408	26.4†	5.0‡
ORS2014	24.3†	6.1‡
ORS2008	23.6†	6.8†,‡
ORS2010	20.5†,‡	7.4†
ORS406	22.4†	7.5†
ORS2005	22.4†	8.1†
ORS2009	23.2†	8.6†
ORS2013	21.8†,‡	8.7†
ORS2007	24.3†	9.4*,†
ORS2006	27.5*,†	9.6*,†
ORS2011	29.7*	10.3*
ORS278	30.1*	12.0*
BTAiI	23.4†	7.2†
Control (noninoculated)	16.7‡	5.0‡
Control (N fertilization)	23.0†	8.5†

^aORS strains are from the collection of the Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, Montpellier, France. 

^bValues with different symbols differ significantly at the P < 0.01 level. Analysis of variance was carried out by Fisher's test (39). Six replicates were performed per treatment.