| Treatments |
Number of nodule plant-1 |
Nodule dry
wt.plant-1(g) |
Nodulevol.plant-1 (ml) |
Dry matter plant-1(g) |
|
Uninoculated |
51.77f |
0.5d |
1.93bc |
4.30d |
| 18/20 kg NP ha-1 as urea and DAP |
64.67def |
0.7dc |
2.067bc |
4.27d |
| 18/20 kg NP ha-1 as urea and DCB |
57.23f |
0.7dc |
2.43bc |
5.93abcd |
| Sinorhizobium |
61.07ef |
0.8bcd |
1.97bc |
6.73abc |
| Sinohizobium+18/20 kg N P ha-1 as urea and DAP |
90.13bcd |
1.2a |
2.60bc |
5.33bcd |
| Sinorhizobium+18/20 kg N P ha-1 as urea and DCB |
74.33cdef |
1.0abc |
1.53c |
6.43abcd |
| Pseudomonas sp. |
104.93b |
1.0abc |
2.47bc |
5.07cd |
| Pseudomonas sp.+18/20 kg N P ha-1 as urea+DAP |
108.10b |
1.1ab |
2.7bc |
5.17bcd |
| Pseudomonas sp.+18/20kg NP ha-1 as urea and DCB |
97.60bc |
1.2a |
2.93b |
5.57abcd |
| Sinorhizobium+Pseudomonas sp. |
84.33bcde |
0.8bcd |
2.53bc |
4.20d |
| Sinorhizobium+Pseudomonas sp.+18/20 kg NP ha-1as urea and DAP |
140.60a |
1.1ab |
467a |
7.80a |
| Sinorhizobium+Pseudomonas sp.+18/20 kg NP ha-1as urea and DCB |
108.07b |
1.1ab |
4.27a |
7.40ab |
| LSD (5%) |
27.02 |
0.3387 |
1.25 |
2.31 |
| CV (%) |
18.36 |
21.43 |
27.53 |
23.99 |
CV: Coefficient of variance, DCB: Dried and crushed bone, DAP: Diammonium phosphate, N: Nitrogen and P: Phosphorous. Means within a column followed by the same
letter(s) are not significantly different.