Table 1

Treatments

Shoot dry weight (gm/plant)

Nodule number/plant

Nodule dry weight (mg/plant)

Total nitrogen content (mg/plant)

Chlorophyll a content (mg/cm²)

Chlorophyll b content (mg/cm²)

F. faba Misr1

F. faba Giza 843

F. faba Misr1

F. faba Giza 843

F. faba Misr1

F. faba Giza 843

F. faba Misr1

F. faba Giza 843

F. faba Misr1

F. faba Giza 843

F. faba Misr1

F. faba Giza 843

Non-infested control

6.51^e

8.28^e

18.03^g

17.51^e

165^d

138^g

51.58^f

56.88^h

0.31^e

0.27^d

0.27^b

0.17^d

Infested control

5.89^e

4.36^f

9.82^h

5.31^f

118^e

238^ef

36.98^g

47.74^j

0.22^f

0.18^g

0.17^e

0.15^d

R. leguminosarum 312

6.74^e

10.57^d

27.52^e

26.33^d

255^c

273^e

54.52^e

76.72^e

0.44^b

0.21^f

0.29^ab

0.16^d

R. leguminosarum 317

9.12^d

9.45^d

31.06^de

25.51^d

245^c

225^f

71.45^d

72.23^g

0.38^bc

0.24^e

0.23^c

0.16^d

R. leguminosarum 302

7.20^e

9.67^d

32.82^cd

26.02^d

333^b

248^ef

84.89^b

91.15^b

0.41^b

0.23^ef

0.29^ab

0.16^d

R. leguminosarum 313

8.37^d

10.79^d

29.53^de

25.05^d

338^b

235^ef

70.19^d

65.07ⁱ

0.31^e

0.22^ef

0.22^d

0.17^d

R. leguminosarum 312+317

10.15^b

11.62^c

35.05^c

32.01^bc

333^b

418^b

88.92^b

71.69^g

0.46^a

0.29^c

0.29^ab

0.20^bc

R. leguminosarum 313+317

9.14^d

12.33^b

41.51^b

30.04^c

353^b

375^c

86.18^b

71.13^g

0.35^cde

0.27^d

0.27^b

0.18^cd

R. leguminosarum 312+302

8.65^d

12.68^b

42.04^b

34.04^b

323^b

360^c

86.19^b

74.08^f

0.33^de

0.29^c

0.21^cd

0.21^b

R. leguminosarum 312+313

8.77^d

12.40^b

41.51^b

33.83^b

338^b

320^d

87.39^b

77.99^e

0.35^cde

0.30^b

0.21^cd

0.25^a

R. leguminosarum 302+317

8.84^d

12.43^b

43.06^b

31.54^bc

320^b

320^d

75.75^c

80.69^d

0.34^cde

0.26^d

0.20^d

0.23^ab

Mixture

10.53^b

13.41^b

52.09^a

43.57^a

390^a

468^a

91.55^b

83.56^c

0.41^b

0.35^a

0.26^b

0.24^a

Azotobacter chroococcum

9.66^c

12.65^b

23.11^f

19.51^e

225^c

248^f

70.05^d

70.72^g

0.36^bcd

0.28^cd

0.22^cd

0.24^a

Compost tea

11.58^a

14.44^a

28.51^e

25.04^d

328^b

315^d

103.13^a

96.59^a

0.41^b

0.24^e

0.33^a

0.24^a

Different letters on the column for each parameter (V. faba Misr 1 & V. faba Giza 843) are differ significantly at p≤ 0.05.

Table 1: Influence of different microbial treatments and compost tea on shoot dry weight, nodule number, nodule dry weight, total nitrogen content and chlorophyll a and chlorophyll b contents in faba bean in experiment done in 2010.