Table 3

Isolate	Carbon Source
Isolate	Pec	Man	Sor	Suc	Gal	Lac
Rl 1	1.02^b	1.92^a	1.21^de	1.08^e	1.09^f	1.04^d
Rl 2	1.11^a	1.95^a	1.33^d	0.93^d	1.29^d	0.78^f
Rl 3	0.9^b	1.95^a	1.27^d	1.02^e	1.17^e	0.91^e
Rl 4	0.08^e	1.92^a	1.53^c	1.38^b	1.42^c	1.71^a
Rl 5	0.67^c	1.93^a	1.93^a	1.34^bc	1.61^b	1.64^b
Rl 6	0.32^d	1.83^b	1.56^c	1.53^a	1.88^a	1.45^c
Rl 8	1.03^b	1.77^c	1.78^b	1.33^c	1.86^a	1.74^a
Rl 10	1.14^a	1.76^c	1.16^e	0.86^f	1.09^f	1.04^e

Pec. = pectin, Man. = mannitol , Sor. = sorbitol, Suc. = sucrose, Gal. = galactose, and Lac. = lactose. Means within a column followed by the same letter is not significantly different at the p = 0.05 level according to the least significant difference test (Snedecor and Cochran, 1967).

Table 3: Growth of rhizobial isolates measured as (OD)420 at different carbon source.