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Table 4 Effect of SRI isolates on soil biological activity at harvesting stage of rice cultivation

From: Plant growth-promoting traits of biocontrol potential bacteria isolated from rice rhizosphere

Treatment

Microbial biomass carbon (μg g-1 soil)

Microbial biomass nitrogen (μg g-1 soil)

Dehydrogenase activity (μg TPF g-1soil 24 h-1)

SRI-156

2625

62

115

SRI-158

2876

71

120

SRI-178

3448

67

152

SRI-211

3129

80

133

SRI-229

3050

68

142

SRI-305

3776

75

131

SRI-360

3774

74

154

Control

2845

58

111

Mean

3190

69

132

SE±

177.3**

2.2***

8.6*

LSD (5%)

567.2

7.0

26.1

CV%

10

5

11

  1. SE = standard error; LSD = least significance difference; CV = coefficient of variance; * = statistically significant at 0.05; ** = statistically significant at 0.01; *** = statistically significant at 0.001.