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Table 4 Greenhouse inoculation effects of the GMR and TAL379 on the three cultivars of soybean

From: Inoculation of native symbiotic effective Sinorhizobium spp. enhanced soybean [Glycine max (L.) Merr.] grain yield in Ethiopia

Cultivar

Treatment

NN

NDW (mg)

SL (cm)

TN%

SDW (g)

SE (%)

Ethio-Yugslovia

GMR13

10c

50bc

18abc

1.7b

0.8c

60.24bc

GMR46

15c

31e

17abc

1.8b

0.9c

64.88bc

GMR55

2c

27e

19abc

1.9b

1.1bc

82.92ab

GMR57

3c

75ab

18abc

1.8b

1.1bc

78.05ab

GMR75

2.3c

40 cd

16 cd

2.9a

0.8c

58.54bc

GMR79

2c

17e

20abc

1.6b

1.3bc

97.56a

GMR102

3.0c

29e

16abc

1.9b

1.2bc

90.24a

GMR114

14c

23e

14 cd

1.9b

0.8c

61.22bc

GMR120B

3c

36e

20abc

1.9b

1.2bc

100.00a

GMR120C

103a

61ab

20abc

3.3a

1.4bc

104.63a

GMR125B

70b

87ab

21ab

3.2a

1.4bc

100.00a

TAL379

2c

29e

17abc

1.7b

0.5c

39.02c

N+ 

0c

0f

21ab

2.8a

1.4bc

100.0a

N−

0c

0f

19ab

1.4b

0.6c

41.46bc

Cheri

GMR120C

80a

110b

17abc

3.14a

1.8b

139.5a

GMR125B

94a

201a

22ab

3.27a

2.0a

160.52a

TAL379

2.3b

46c

20ab

1.67b

0.6c

44.90c

N+

0c

0d

17abc

2.93a

1.3bc

100.0abc

N−

0c

0d

12d

1.40b

0.8c

57.89bc

Jalele

GMR120C

89a

146a

27.0a

3.30a

2.3a

170.0a

GMR125B

106a

130a

25.3a

3.33a

2.1a

160.0ab

TAL379

2c

44b

20abc

1.63b

1.1bc

85.0 cd

N+

0c

0c

21ab

2.87a

1.3bc

100.0 cd

N−

0c

0c

18abc

1.43b

0.9c

70.0d

  1. NN  nodule number, NDW  nodule dry weight, SL shoot length, SDW  shoot dry weight, SE symbiotic effectiveness. Numbers raised to different letters are significantly different (at p ≤ 0.05) for each cultivar (Comparisons were made within columns among inoculants for each cultivar)