Differential response of single and co-inoculation of Rhizobium leguminosarum and Mesorhizobium ciceri for inducing water deficit stress tolerance in wheat

Ullah, Sana; Khan, Muhammad Yahya; Asghar, Hafiz Naeem; Akhtar, Muhammed Javed; Zahir, Zahir Ahmad

doi:10.1007/s13213-017-1302-2

Table 5 Effect of rhizobial strains on different physiological parameters of wheat at various levels of water deficit

From: Differential response of single and co-inoculation of Rhizobium leguminosarum and Mesorhizobium ciceri for inducing water deficit stress tolerance in wheat

Treatments	SPAD	Ch “a” (mg g⁻¹ fresh weight)	Ch “b” (mg g⁻¹ fresh weight)	RWC (%)	MSI (%)	Crude proteins (%)
100% FC
No inoculation	45.82 ± 2.5^cde	2.54 ± 0.1^c	1.29 ± 0.04^c	73.43 ± 1.5^de	55.00 ± 2.0^c	13.15 ± 0.37^de
SRL5	48.23 ± 2.0^bc	2.77 ± 0.02^b	1.39 ± 0.01^b	77.93 ± 6.13^c	56.66 ± 2.08^bc	13.86 ± 0.29^bc
SRC8	50.21 ± 2.53^b	2.82 ± 0.06^b	1.41 ± 0.01^b	82.06 ± 1.48^b	58.00 ± 2.00^ab	14.08 ± 0.35^b
SRL5 + SRC8	55.62 ± 2.54^bcd	3.03 ± 0.10^a	1.54 ± 0.11^a	84.76 ± 1.76^a	60.00 ± 2.00^a	14.75 ± 0.30^a
80% FC
No inoculation	40.83 ± 2.08^fg	2.11 ± 0.18^f	1.06 ± 0.05^e	64.76 ± 1.66^f	41.00 ± 2.00^ef	11.95 ± 0.27^h
SRL5	44.32 ± 1.28^def	2.31 ± 0.02^de	1.15 ± 0.02^d	71.33 ± 2.08^e	42.66 ± 1.53^ef	12.60 ± 0.29^fg
SRC8	48.65 ± 3.73^bc	2.35 ± 0.01^de	1.17 ± 0.01^d	74.33 ± 1.53^d	43.66 ± 1.53^e	12.84 ± 0.19^ef
SRL5 + SRC8	49.34 ± 2.62^a	2.87 ± 0.06^b	1.44 ± 0.03^b	78.00 ± 1.73^c	49.33 ± 1.53^d	13.46 ± 0.30^cd
60% FC
No inoculation	34.04 ± 2.55^h	1.87 ± 0.02^g	0.91 ± 0.02^g	53.66 ± 1.53ⁱ	28.33 ± 1.53^h	8.29 ± 0.31^l
SRL5	38.07 ± 2.30^g	2.13 ± 0.02^f	1.04 ± 0.02^e	61.33 ± 1.53^g	33.33 ± 1.53^g	10.23 ± 0.35^j
SRC8	43.58 ± 2.27^ef	2.23 ± 0.02^ef	1.09 ± 0.02^e	66.66 ± 1.53^f	35.00 ± 1.00^g	11.06 ± 0.32ⁱ
SRL5 + SRC8	47.44 ± 2.93^a	2.43 ± 0.02^cd	1.19 ± 0.02^d	71.00 ± 2.00^e	40.00 ± 2.00^f	12.30 ± 0.40^gh
40% FC
No inoculation	26.00 ± 2.00ⁱ	0.73 ± 0.06^j	0.43 ± 0.02^j	39.66 ± 1.53^k	18.33 ± 1.15^j	5.97 ± 0.46ⁿ
SRL5	33.73 ± 1.33^h	1.32 ± 0.21ⁱ	0.73 ± 0.02ⁱ	48.33 ± 1.53^j	21.66 ± 1.15ⁱ	7.44 ± 0.32^m
SRC8	37.86 ± 2.45^g	1.56 ± 0.02^h	0.84 ± 0.03^h	52.33 ± 1.15ⁱ	24.33 ± 1.53ⁱ	8.14 l ± 0.30
SRL5 + SRC8	42.34 ± 2.13^b	1.97 ± 0.03^g	0.98 ± 0.02^f	58.33 ± 1.15^h	30.33 ± 1.53^h	9.22 ± 0.39^k

Data are the averages of three replications ± standard deviations. Means sharing the same letter(s) in a column do not differ significantly according to Tukey’s HSD test (P < 0.05)

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