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Table 7 Mean comparison of various parameters recorded for all treatments at the two field sites

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

Field sites

Nodulation and growth parameters

SH (cm)

NN

NDW (g)

SDW (g)

TN%

BARC

36.3a

44b

0.519b

16.575a

3.23a

DDARC

34.9a

81.91a

1.094a

17.308a

3.42a

 

Yield and yield related parameters

NPP

NSPPD

NSPPL

TSW (g)

GY (tons ha−1)

BARC

38.13b

2.11a

80.00b

179.11a

3.066a

DDARC

66.67a

1.74b

127.94a

182.38a

3.076a

  1. NN nodule number, NDW nodule dry weight, SH shoot height, TN shoot total nitrogen percent, SDW shoot dry weight, 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 (p ≤ 0.05) different