Micronutrients (ppm) / 100 mg of  dry plant material
Treatment Cu Fe Mn Zn
P1 12b (±0.55) 2125b (±98) 179ab (±8.2) 411a (±18.9)
P2 10d (±0.46) 1229cd (±57) 110f (±5.1) 312cd (±14.4)
P4  11c (±0.5) 1293a (±60) 183a (±8.4) 341bc (±15.7)
P5 12b (±0.55) 1075d (±50) 141d (±6.5) 252e (±11.6)
P13 11c (±0.5) 1980b (±91) 175a-c (±8.1) 429a (±19.8)
P14 10d (±0.46) 1538 (±71) 135d (±6.2) 201 (±9.3)
P17 14a (±0.64) 3500 (±161) 237 (±10.9) 433a (±20)
P20 10d (±0.46) 2001b (±92) 173bc (±8) 285de (±13.1)
P21 11c (±0.5) 1764 (±81) 179ab (±8.2) 420a (±19.4)
P22 10d (±0.46) 2527a (±116) 123e (±5.7) 936 (±43.1)
P23 11c (±0.5) 2470a (±114) 169c (±7.8) 248e (±11.4)
P28 10d (±0.46) 1135cd (±52) 227 (±10.5) 243e (±11.2)
P29 9 (±0.41) 2373a (±109) 118ef (±5.4) 266e (±12.3)
P35 14a (±0.64) 2901 (±134) 125e (±5.8) 357b (±16.5)
Control  7 (±0.32) 881 (±41) 74 (±3.4) 159 (±7.3)
LSD 0.37 160.7 9.4 39.2
CV% 18.1 39.1 28.8 51.5
values superscribed by same letter are not significantly different according to Fisher’s LSD test (P<0.05) and values in the parentheses are standard errors of means.
Table 7: Micro-nutrient uptake in sorghum as influenced by seed bacterization with fluorescent Pseudomonas spp. (30 days after sowing).