Treatments

Shoot dry weight (gram/ plant-1)

Root dry weight (gram/ plant-1)

Total dry weight (gram/ plant-1)

Seedling quality index

AM  fungal colonization (%)

T1

12.10f

6.67d

18.77f

0.360

13

T2

7.63b

4.02a

11.65b

0.237

14

T3

7.49b

4.13a

11.62b

0.227

43

T4

11.09e

4.90b

15.99e

0.251

12

T5

10.13d

4.69b

14.82d

0.248

35

T6

8.50c

3.71a

12.21c

0.295

33

T7

12.83f

5.96c

18.79f

0.325

62

T8

6.23a

3.87a

9.00a

0.158

8
Means followed by a common letter(s) in the same column are not significantly different at the 5 % level by DMRT Treatments: T1 - Azospirillum; T2 - Phosphobacterium; T3 - AMF ; T4 - Azospirillum + Phosphobacterium; T5 - Azospirillum + AMF; T6 - Phosphobacterium + AMF; T7 - Azospirillum + Phosphobacterium + AMF; T8 - Control
Table 2: Impact of bioinoculants on the dry matter production and seedling quality index of Erythrina indica seedlings.