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

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Table 8 Effect of the seven biocontrol potential bacteria on chickpea grain mineral contents—at harvest

Isolate	Fe (mg 100 g⁻¹)		Zn (mg 100 g⁻¹)		Cu (mg 100 g⁻¹)		Mn (mg 100 g⁻¹)		Ca (mg 100 g⁻¹)
Isolate	Cook	Raw	Cook	Raw	Cook	Raw	Cook	Raw	Cook	Raw
SRI-156	4.8^NS	5.9*	3.8*	4.2*	0.6^NS	0.8*	3.2^NS	3.0^NS	132^NS	138*
SRI-158	5.5*	5.8*	4.0*	4.1*	0.6^NS	0.7^NS	3.4*	3.1*	146*	155*
SRI-178	5.2*	5.7*	4.0*	4.5*	0.6^NS	0.8*	3.4*	3.1*	132^NS	154*
SRI-211	4.9^NS	5.8*	4.1*	3.9*	0.7*	0.7^NS	3.4*	3.1*	133^NS	139*
SRI-229	5.2*	6.0*	3.9*	4.1*	0.7*	0.8*	3.4*	3.1*	137*	132*
SRI-305	5.0^NS	5.6*	3.9*	4.0*	0.7*	0.7^NS	3.2^NS	3.1*	136^NS	155*
SRI-360	5.0^NS	6.1*	3.9*	3.9*	0.6^NS	0.7^NS	3.3^NS	3.1*	134^NS	137*
Control	4.8	5.0	3.8	3.4	0.6	0.7	3.2	3.0	131	122
Mean	5.0	5.7	3.9	4.0	0.6	0.8	3.3	3.1	136	141
SE±	0.08	0.01	0.05	0.012	0.02	0.01	0.04	0.01	1.7	2.4
LSD (5%)	0.28	0.23	0.017	0.41	0.05	0.04	0.17	0.03	5.6	8.2
CV %	2	2	2	4	3	2	2	1	2	2

Cook cooked harvested grains, Raw raw harvested grains, SE standard error, CV coefficients of variation, NS non-significant
* Indicates significance over the control at p < 0.05