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Table 2 Nodulation traits, shoot dry weight, number of seeds per pg and total pegs weight as affected by Bradyrhizobium inoculation, cultivar, and location

From: Development of environmental friendly bioinoculate for peanut (Arachis hypogea L.) production in Eastern Ethiopia

Treatments

NN

NDW

EffNN (%)

SDW

NSP

TPW

Consortium

138.75ab

0.2679ab

81.25a

51.7a

2.89ab

3384.3abc

HUGNR-10

158.83a

0.2703ab

83.25a

59.48a

2.72ab

3701.4a

HUGNR-11

121.83b

0.2332ab

83.25a

51.58a

2.72ab

3634.3a

HUGNR-12

137.58ab

0.2478ab

81.50a

53.97a

2.70ab

3752.3a

HUGNR-13

126.58b

0.2417ab

84.75a

55.03a

2.64ab

3493.1abc

HUGNR-18

139.17ab

0.2365ab

79.42a

54.81a

2.58ab

3613.4a

HUGNR-19

134.08ab

0.2160b

79.83a

50.35a

3.00a

3011.6c

HUGNR-29

133.00ab

0.2991a

85.17a

57.85a

2.92ab

3553.2ab

Uninoculated

115.75b

0.2394ab

79.33a

50.76a

2.45b

3062.5bc

N fertillized

137.08ab

0.2539ab

84.50a

43.84a

2.86ab

3518.5abc

F value

3.30**

2.28*

1.15ns

1.46ns

2.24*

4.64***

LSD (P < 0.05)

29.54

0.0715

9.66

16.73

0.52

539.46

Babile

118.883b

0.2314b

84.00a

57.38a

2.78a

3323.15b

Fedis

149.65a

0.2697a

80.45b

48.49b

2.72a

3621.76a

F value

57.46***

15.18***

7.15**

14.97***

0.71ns

16.23***

LSD (P < 0.05)

8.077

0.0196

2.64

4.575

0.1428

147.52

Werer 962

137.33a

0.2561a

82.43a

50.48b

2.24b

4019.44a

Bati-Sedi

131.20a

0.2450a

82.02a

55.39a

3.26a

2925.46b

F value

2.28ns

1.27ns

0.10ns

4.57*

201.02***

217.81***

LSD (P < 0.05)

8.08

0.0196

2.64

4.58

0.14

147.52

CV (%)

16.56

21.49

8.84

23.79

14.30

11.69

  1. Means in the same column followed by the same letter are not significantly different at the 5% probability level by Tukey’s test
  2. ns non-significant, NN nodule number per plant, NDW nodule dry weight (g plant−1), EffNN (%) effective nodule number percentage, SDW shoot dry weight (g plant−1), NSP number of seeds per peg, TPW total pegs weight (kg ha−1)
  3. * Significant at 0.05, ** significant at 0.01, *** significant at 0.001