Table 3 Influence of dual inoculation on rhizosphere microbial communities and AM fungal live-biomass analyzed before stress^# and at stress^## in a drought susceptible soybean cultivar, MAUS 2 grown under irrigated and moisture stressed conditions by phospholipid fatty acid (PLFA) biomarkers and AM fungal biomarker 16:1ω5cis PLFA & NLFA (all values in nmols/g soil)

Before Stress^#

UI

30.93

28.37

0.87

2.30

1.66

9.92b

2.07

2.91

0.050

1.083

I

35.5^*

32.23

1.88^*

4.54^*

2.45

10.61^*

2.13

4.11*

0.061

1.472*

UIS

30.60

26.40

1.04

2.51

2.47

9.04

1.91

3.17

0.051

3.574

IS

34.43^*

32.20

1.55^*

4.57^*

2.32

11.32^*

2.06

4.11*

0.057

4.017*

At stress^##

UI

36.45

28.49

1.55

2.48

1.63

11.86

2.08

3.62

0.060

3.990b

I

44.28^*

37.58

1.86^*

4.60^*

2.28

14.88^*

3.52^*

12.10*

0.059

4.587*

UIS

27.90

24.81

1.02

2.38

1.26

6.29

1.77

3.28

0.044

3.185

IS

28.09

31.89

1.38^*

3.27^*

1.74

10.32^*

2.39^*

9.92*

0.062

3.832*

SD

4.77

4.89

0.34

0.76

0.33

1.05

0.23

1.17

0.042

0.148

LSD

10.11

10.36

0.71

1.61

0.70

2.23

0.49

2.47

0.042

0.148

2-Way ANOVA

Inoculation (I)

^*

NS

^*

^*

NS

^*

^*

*

NS

*

Stress (S)

NS

NS

NS

NS

^*

NS

^*

*

NS

*

Interaction

I × S

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

^*

^*

*

NS

*