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Table 4 Influence of dual inoculation on plant macro nutrients and micro nutrients concentration in 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

Macro nutrients (%)

Micro nutrients (ppm)

N

P

K

Ca

Mg

Zn

Fe

Cu

Mn

B

Mo

UI

1.39

0.10

1.00

2.65

0.98

146.86

4070.0

136.20

148.50

170.80

87.14

I

2.17*

0.18*

1.05*

3.74*

1.35*

166.90*

6753.0*

162.50*

167.90*

215.10*

114.72*

UIS

1.34

0.09

0.75

2.33

0.61

73.41

1169.0

95.30

85.180

135.30

40.97

IS

2.01*

0.14*

0.92*

3.49*

0.92*

91.26*

2712.0*

111.00*

124.50*

155.80*

56.54*

SD

0.01

0.01

0.01

0.01

0.11

0.82

77.94

0.8

0.82

0.82

0.82

LSD

0.02

0.02

0.02

0.02

0.29

1.88

179.72

1.87

1.88

1.88

1.88

  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