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

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Table 9 Effect of the seven biocontrol potential bacteria on pigeonpea 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	3.6^NS	3.5*	3.6*	4.0*	1.3*	1.2*	1.3^NS	1.6*	116^NS	133*
SRI-158	3.3*	3.1^NS	3.5*	4.0*	1.2^NS	1.2*	1.1^NS	1.6*	117^NS	141*
SRI-178	3.2^NS	3.8*	3.5*	3.9*	1.3*	1.2*	1.5*	1.5*	119^NS	125^NS
SRI-211	3.1^NS	3.2^NS	3.5*	3.8*	1.3*	1.2*	1.2^NS	1.5*	113^NS	130*
SRI-229	3.2^NS	3.9*	3.4^NS	3.8*	1.3*	1.4*	1.1^NS	1.4^NS	115^NS	125^NS
SRI-305	3.4*	3.4*	3.6*	3.9*	1.3*	1.3*	1.8*	1.5*	123*	128*
SRI-360	3.3*	3.6*	3.5*	3.7^NS	1.3*	1.2*	1.2^NS	1.4^NS	127*	125^NS
Control	3.1	3.0	3.4	3.7	1.2	1.1*	1.1	1.4	113	120
Mean	3.3	3.4	3.5	3.9	1.3	1.2	1.3	1.5	118	128
SE±	0.05	0.09	0.03	0.02	0.02	0.02	0.08	0.03	2.2	2.5
LSD (5%)	0.16	0.31	0.10	0.08	0.06	0.08	0.26	0.11	7.4	8.4
CV %	2	4	1	1	2	3	9	3	3	3

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