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Table 1 Influence of dual inoculation on total leaf area, root volume, shoot, root and total dry biomass of a drought susceptible soybean cultivar, MAUS 2 grown under irrigated and moisture stressed field conditions

From: Ameliorating the drought stress tolerance of a susceptible soybean cultivar, MAUS 2 through dual inoculation with selected rhizobia and AM fungus

Treatments

Shoot dry biomass (g/plant)

Root dry biomass (g/plant)

Total plant dry biomass (g/plant)

Root volume (cm3/plant)

UI

21.17

3.96

25.13

5.80

I

23.93*

4.77*

28.70*

7.35*

UIS

15.25

1.64

16.89

3.38

IS

17.72*

2.17*

19.95*

4.23*

SD

0.29

0.13

1.12

0.42

LSD

0.57

0.36

2.20

0.83

  1. Significant differences (p  ≤ 0.05) relative to controls UI & UIS to their respective treatments I & IS are indicated by asterisk (*)
  2. UI un-inoculated, IC inoculated, UIS un-inoculated stress, IS inoculated stress, Pod filling stage: 2nd stress period (85–100 DAS), SD standard deviation, LSD least significant difference
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Fungal Biology and Biotechnology

ISSN: 2054-3085

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