Table 2.
ANOVA of the effects of biofertilizers, organic fertilizer applications, and their interaction on growth, physiological, yield, and biochemical parameters of wheat plants
| Yield Components | ||||||||||
| Source of Variance | Plant height | Crop growth rate | No. of spikelets /spike | Biological yield | Grain yield | |||||
| 2020 | 2021 | 2020 | 2021 | 2020 | 2021 | 2020 | 2021 | 2020 | 2021 | |
| Biofertilizer (BF) | *** | ** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| Organic fertilizer (OF) | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| BF*OF | * | * | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | * | *** | *** |
| CV | 2.35 | 2.69 | 4.28 | 4.31 | 5.67 | 5.63 | 4.03 | 4.16 | 5.49 | 5.39 |
| R2 | 0.96 | 0.97 | 0.99 | 0.99 | 0.88 | 0.89 | 0.97 | 0.98 | 0.97 | 0.98 |
| RMSE | 2.15 | 2.18 | 0.63 | 1.64 | 1.15 | 1.18 | 0.45 | 0.47 | 0.26 | 0.26 |
| Growth attributes | ||||||||||
| Source of Variance | 1000 grain weight | Chlorophyll | Straw yield | Harvest index | starch | |||||
| 2020 | 2021 | 2020 | 2021 | 2020 | 2021 | 2021 | 2021 | 2021 | 2021 | |
| Biofertilizer (BF) | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| Organic fertilizer(OF) | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| BF* 0F | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| CV | 7.39 | 7.41 | 2.25 | 2.24 | 5.48 | 5.45 | 7.44 | 7.42 | 3.11 | 3.13 |
| R2 | 0.84 | 0.84 | 0.97 | 0.97 | 0.98 | 0.98 | 0.91 | 0.91 | 0.83 | 0.83 |
| RMSE | 3.78 | 3.83 | 1.03 | 1.04 | 0.34 | 0.34 | 3.18 | 3.20 | 1.73 | 1.75 |
| Biochemical parameters | ||||||||||
| Source of Variance | Nitrogen | Phosphorous | Potassium | Protein content | Gluten | |||||
| 2020 | 2021 | 2020 | 2021 | 2020 | 2021 | 2021 | 2021 | 2021 | 2021 | |
| Biofertilizer (BF) | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | ** | ** | *** | *** |
| Organic fertilizer( OF) | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | * | * | *** | *** |
| BF* OF | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | Ns | Ns | *** | *** |
| CV | 2.74 | 3.29 | 3.34 | 5.82 | 3.06 | 3.81 | 8.91 | 8.91 | 4.75 | 4.74 |
| R2 | 0.99 | 0.97 | 0.98 | 0.97 | 0.96 | 0.95 | 0.91 | 0.91 | 0.96 | 0.96 |
| RMSE | 0.04 | 0.053 | 0.03 | 0.05 | 0.045 | 0.051 | 3.18 | 3.20 | 1.20 | 1.21 |
CV coefficient of variation (%), RMSE root mean square error. R2 correlation coefficient
ns, *, **, *** indicate not significant, significant at 5% (p ≤ 0.05), 1% (p ≤ 0.01) and significant at 0.1% ( p ≤ 0.001) probability level, respectively