Composition and activity of endophytic bacterial communities in field-grown maize plants inoculated with Azospirillum brasilense

Table 2 Mean square for agronomic traits of maize (hybrid AG 2040) evaluated under different N-fertilization and Azospirillum brasilense (Ab-V5) inoculation treatments and its effects on stem diameter, plant height, ear height, ear length, number of kernels per cob, 100 kernel weight, and grain yield

K/C, Number of kernels per cob
^aData represent the means of 10 replicates. Means followed by the same letter within each column are not significantly different by the Scott–Knott test (P < 0.05). Lower case letters are used for comparisons among treatments and uppercase letters are used for comparisons among factors
^bCorrected for 13 % humidity
^cThe grain yield was obtained from the plants grown in the “useful area” of the plots with four replicates

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