Plant growth-promotion and biofortification of chickpea and pigeonpea through inoculation of biocontrol potential bacteria, isolated from organic soils

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Table 3 Effect of the seven biocontrol potential bacteria on yield performance of chickpea under field conditions—at harvest

Isolate	Stover yield (t ha⁻¹)	Grain yield (t ha⁻¹)	Pod weight (g plant⁻¹)	Pod number (plant⁻¹)	Seed weight (g plant⁻¹)
SRI-156	1.70^NS	1.79*	21.4*	79*	15.85*
SRI-158	2.19*	1.79*	28.1*	89*	17.54*
SRI-178	1.73^NS	1.92*	18.8^NS	68^NS	14.08^NS
SRI-211	1.65^NS	1.78*	18.3^NS	70^NS	13.95^NS
SRI-229	1.82*	2.02*	22.4*	80*	16.41*
SRI-305	1.91*	1.86*	24.6*	98*	18.61*
SRI-360	1.65^NS	1.71^NS	17.2^NS	66^NS	13.30^NS
Control	1.65	1.63	17.0	65	13.30
Mean	1.79	1.81	21.0	77	15.38
SE±	0.055	0.048	1.00	2.3	0.592
LSD (5%)	0.168	0.145	3.04	7.1	1.795
CV %	5	5	8	5	7