Symbiotic effectiveness of inoculation with Bradyrhizobium isolates on soybean [Glycine max (L.) Merrill] genotypes with different maturities

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Table 2 Nodulation status and shoot biomass of TGx-1336424 and GIZA genotypes of soybean inoculated elite isolates of exotic and native Bradyrhizobium spp. in field experiment

Treatment	NN			NDW			SDW
Treatment	TGx-13364	GIZA	Pooled	TGx-1336644	GIZA	Pooled	TGx-1336644	GIZA	Pooled
TAL-379	35.1b	28.7b	31.9c	0.3473b	0.3098b	0.3286b	69.2ab	61.4a	65.3a
UK isolate	42.2b	46.6a	44.4b	0.3943b	0.4300a	0.4122a	74.4a	50.9b	62.7a
Local	57.3a	47.9a	52.6a	0.4666a	0.4088a	0.4377a	59.8b	48.2b	54.0b
Control	0.0c	0.0c	0.0d	0.0000c	0.0000c	0.0000c	43.0c	52.7ab	47.8b
Mean	33.7	30.8	32.2	0.3021	0.2871	0.2946	61.6	53.3	57.5
F value:
Inoculation(I)	114.39^***	81.60^***	189.79^***	259.47^***	149.40^***	379.72^***	21.11^***	4.81^**	16.35^***
Genotype (G)			2.97^ns			2.07^ns			17.43^***
G x I			3.44^*			3.98^*			11.85^***
LSD	8.70	9.46	6.3	0.0493	0.0622	0.0386	11.50	9.99	7.4
CV (%)	20.23	24.1	22.1	12.8	17.0	14.9	14.6	14.7	14.7
SEM±	6.81	7.41	7.12	0.0386	0.0487	0.0439	9.00	7.82	8.43

NS- non significant; *significant at 0.05; **significant at 0.01; ***significant at 0.001; Nodule number = NN; Nodule dry weight (g/plant) = NDW; Shoot dry weight at late flowing and early pod setting stage (g/plant) = SDW.
Notes. Means in the same column followed by the same letter are not significantly different at the 5% probability level by Tukey’s test.