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

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Table 7 Yield components of TGx-1336644 and GIZA genotypes of soybean inoculated elite isolates of exotic and native Bradyrhizobium spp. in the field experiment

Treatment	PH₁			NPP			NSP			PH₂
Treatment	TGx-1336644	GIZA	Pooled	TGx-1336644	GIZA	Pooled	TGx-1336644	GIZA	Pooled	TGx-1336644	GIZA	Pooled
TAL-379	70.7a	71.3a	71.0a	134.7a	176.1a	155.4a	2.626a	2.700a	2.663a	77.1ab	81.7a	79.4a
UK Isolate	73.0a	61.0ab	67.0ab	145.9a	153.3b	149.6a	2.624a	2.662ab	2.643a	82.1ab	80.3a	81.2a
Local	61.8b	56.9b	59.3c	149.8a	153.0b	151.4a	2.367ab	2.692a	2.529a	86.4a	75.0a	80.7a
Control	61.2b	64.0ab	62.6bc	115.0b	102.9c	108.9b	2.180b	2.367b	2.273b	69.7b	64.8b	67.2b
Mean	66.7	63.3	65.0	136.3	146.3	141.3	2.449	2.605		78.8	75.4	77.1
F value:
Inoculation (I)	7.34^**	4.71^**	8.06^***	10.09^***	29.54^**	33.45^***	8.28^**	3.95^*	10.56^***	2.77^ns	8.82^**	6.98^**
Genotype (G)			3.51^ns			7.06^*			8.02^**			1.81^ns
G x I			3.39^*			9.01^***			1.38^ns			1.74^ns
LSD	8.55	10.8	6.69	18.8	21.8	14.0	0.2888	0.3084	0.206	16.58	9.9	9.40
CV (%)	10.05	13.3	11.7	10.8	11.7	11.3	9.23	9.3	9.3	16.5	10.3	13.9
SEM±	6.70	8.43	7.61	14.7	17.07	15.95	0.2261	0.2414	0.2339	12.97	7.74	10.7

NS- non significant; *significant at 0.05; **significant at 0.01; ***significant at 0.001; Plant height at late floweing and early pod setting stage (cm) = PH₁; Number of pods per plant = NPP; Number of seeds per pod = NSP; Plant height at harvest (cm) = PH_2.
Notes. Means in the same column followed by the same letter are not significantly different at the 5% probability level by Tukey’s test.