Genetic and phenotypic diversity of microsymbionts nodulating promiscuous soybeans from different agro-climatic conditions

Journal of Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology

Table 2 Shoot dry weight, nodule dry weight, and symbiotic efficiency of two soybean varieties inoculated with bradyrhizobia isolates in the greenhouse

Varieties	SDW (g plant⁻¹)	NDW (mg plant⁻¹)	SE%
SB8	0.33^a	5.02^a	74.06^b
SB126	0.31a	2.99^ab	98.70^a
Isolates
RI3	0.42^abc	1.43^b	99.82^ab
RI4	0.48^ab	4.85^b	119.17^b
RI5	0.32^bcde	1.16^b	81.25^bcde
RI6	0.28^bcde	0.37^b	67.36^bcdef
RI7	0.19^cde	0.39^b	39.62^cdef
RI8	0.35^abcd	2.21^b	84.84^abcd
RI9	0.58^a	19.28^a	142.35^a
ICT	0.33^bcde	8.73^ab	84.45^abcd
BT	0.43^abc	2.17^b	101.01^ab
NT	0.43^abc	0	100.00^ab
BICT	0.39^abc	0.38^b	94.45^abc
UT	0.09^e	0	0
P-Values
Isolates	0.001	0.004	0.001
Variety	0.475	0.102	0.005
Variety *isolates	0.809	0.866	0.715

Key: SDW Shoot dry weight, NDW Nodule dry weight, SE Symbiotic efficiency, * interaction. Mean followed by different superscript letters ^a-f within each column differ significantly at p < 0.05. Consortium, BICT consortium + commercial inoculant, BT commercial inoculant, UT uninoculated (− ve treatment), NT, nitrogen treatment (+ ve treatment), BICT consortium + commercial inoculant