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

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Table 6 Effect of the seven biocontrol bacteria on yield performance of pigeonpea under field conditions—at harvest

Isolate	Pod weight (g plant⁻¹)	Pod number (plant⁻¹)	Seed weight (g `plant⁻¹)	Seed number (plant⁻¹)	Grain yield (t ha⁻¹)	Stover yield (t ha⁻¹)
SRI-156	17.50^NS	50*	12.60^NS	164^NS	1.76^NS	1.89*
SRI-158	19.33*	52*	14.43*	186*	2.01*	1.37^NS
SRI-178	18.93*	54*	14.13*	190*	1.99*	1.44^NS
SRI-211	18.67*	50*	13.20^NS	177*	1.80^NS	1.50^NS
SRI-229	19.13*	55*	14.00*	184*	1.93*	1.91*
SRI-305	18.83*	53*	13.70*	188*	1.80^NS	1.45^NS
SRI-360	18.90*	47^NS	12.63^NS	166^NS	1.82^NS	1.67^NS
Control	16.93	45	11.47	147	1.43	1.31
Mean	18.53	51	13.27	175	1.82	1.57
SE±	0.36	1.2	0.59	8.7	0.09	0.13
LSD (5%)	1.08	3.6	1.79	26.3	0.26	0.40
CV %	3	4	8	9	8	14