Treatment % O.C. % N Acetobacter counts (cfu/g) Azospirillum counts (cfu/g) T1 0.292 0.025 2.6 × 103 4.8 × 103 T2 0.250 0.022 5.5 × 104 - T3 0.216 0.019 6.8 × 104 -- T4 0.291 0.025 5.8 × 104 - T5 0.195 0.017 3.9 × 104 - T6 0.294 0.025 4.8 × 104 - T7 0.217 0.019   5.5 × 104 T8 0.302 0.026   4.0 × 104 T9 0.299 0.026   5.0 × 104 T10 0.217 0.019   6.8 × 104 T11 0.214 0.018   4.1 × 104 T12 0.238 0.020 1.8 × 104 4.0 × 104 T13 0.315 0.027 6.7 × 104 - T14 0.291 0.025 4.0 × 104 - T15 0.317 0.027 5.0 × 104 - T16 0.215 0.019 7.7 × 104 - T17 0.220 0.019 5.2 × 104 - T18 0.210 0.018 - 7.5 × 104 T19 0.313 0.027 - 5.0 × 104 T20 0.215 0.018 - 6.8 × 104 T21 0.165 0.014 - 5.2 × 104 T22 0.317 0.027 - 6.3 × 104 Before 0.240 0.021 2.1 × 103 4.3 × 103

Table 6: Effect on soil organic carbon, nitrogen and bacterial counts.