Table 3.

Effect of silicon foliar spray and PGPR inoculation on mineral content of mung bean seed under saline irrigation conditions.

		Seed Mg (mg g−1)		Seed Zn (mg kg−1)
Si (kg ha−1)	Salinity/PGPR	S1	S2	S1	S2
0	Un-inoculated	1.53 c	1.34 b	34.99 h	25.06 f
	E. cloacae	1.74 bc	1.60 ab	44.46 ef	28.20 ef
	B. drentensis	1.86 ab	1.78 a	47.02 de	34.36 d
1	Un-inoculated	1.70 bc	1.55 ab	39.97 g	29.55 e
	E. cloacae	1.80 b	1.77 a	48.20 d	42.73 c
	B. drentensis	1.90 ab	1.85 a	62.92 b	47.45 ab
2	Un-inoculated	1.81 ab	1.64 ab	41.40 fg	35.38 d
	E. cloacae	1.88 ab	1.81 a	55.73 c	44.21 bc
	B. drentensis	2.08 a	1.85 a	69.36 a	49.66 a
	LSD	0.27	0.35	3.15	4.40
		Seed Fe (mg kg−1)		Seed Cu (mg kg−1)
0	Un-inoculated	3.47 e	0.96 e	9.31 d	3.14 f
	E. cloacae	3.69 e	2.21 cd	14.64 c	5.55 e
	B. drentensis	5.82 cd	2.52 c	15.29 bc	9.44 c
1	Un-inoculated	5.55 d	1.76 d	9.57 d	5.48 e
	E. cloacae	7.09 bc	2.50 c	14.87 c	6.11 e
	B. drentensis	7.93 b	3.86 b	18.73 a	11.40 b
2	Un-inoculated	6.82 bcd	2.05 cd	14.01 c	8.02 d
	E. cloacae	7.38 b	3.69 b	16.96 b	11.17 b
	B. drentensis	12.82 a	7.00 a	19.28 a	12.92 a
	LSD	1.45	0.48	1.69	1.15

Average values in the columns having different letters are significantly different at p ≤ 0.05 according to LSD. Where S1 = Saline irrigation at 3.12 dS m⁻¹; S2 = Saline irrigation at 7.81 dS m⁻¹.