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

Environmental Systems Research

Table 6 Effects of different treatments on yield and related traits of soybean at the two field sites

Treatment	NPP	NSPPD	NSPPL	TSW (g)	GY (tons ha⁻¹)
Bako ARC field site
GMR120C	37^a	2.07^ab	77^a	212.2^a	3.81^a
GMR125B	44^a	2.28^a	102^a	175.08^a	3.16^a
TAL379	39^a	2.17^ab	86^a	165.74^a	2.41^a
N+	39^a	1.91^b	74^a	180.01^a	2.82^a
N−	32^a	2.16^ab	70^a	169.29^a	2.69^a
GMR120C*SR20A	42^a	2.08^ab	88^a	171.23^a	3.51^a
GMR125B*SR20A	40^a	2.08^ab	76^a	191.30^a	3.70^a
TAL379*SR20A	32^a	2.09^ab	67^a	168.00^a	2.43^a
Dembi station of DARC field site
GMR120C	102.0^a	1.64^ad	159.^ab	173.85^a	3.97^a
GMR125B	72^ac	1.87^ac	133^abc	175.35^a	3.24^ab
TAL379	35^c	1.54^bd	54^d	156.52^a	1.30^c
N+	64^abc	1.25^d	71^cd	173.0^a	2.11^bc
N−	55^bc	1.44^cd	81^d	162.0^a	1.37^c
GMR120C*SR20A	51^bc	1.82^ac	96^ac	183.50^a	3.35^ab
GMR125B*SR20A	85^ab	2.08^a	176^ab	192.95^a	3.98^a
TAL379*SR20A	39^c	1.55^bd	60^c	163.0^a	1.60^c

NPP number of pods per plant, NSPPD number of pods per plant, NSPPL number of seeds per plant, TSW thousands of seed weight, GY grain yield. Values raised to different letters in a column are significantly different (p ≤ 0.05)