| Shoot weight Fresh (g) | Shoot weight Dry (g) | Shoot length (cm) | Leaf no. | Spikelet number/Ear | Ear number | Grain no./Ear | 1000 seeds weight (g) | Grain yield/plant | Protein content (%) |
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Treatments | ||||||||||
 Control | 12.9h* | 5.2g | 71.9e | 27f | 49e | 4c | 32g | 33.5f | 7.8j | 10.8g |
 NPK | 26.4cd | 8.9b | 86.8b | 34d | 67c | 6a | 53cd | 53.5b | 12.8de | 15.5bc |
 NPK + Aspergillus niger | 30.2b | 9.4b | 92.2ab | 38b | 74ab | 6a | 59b | 60.3a | 17.4b | 16.8ab |
 NPK + Penicillium sp-03. | 25.5de | 8.3cd | 85.8bc | 35cd | 68c | 6a | 51de | 54.6b | 13.1d | 14.6cd |
 NPK + Rhizopus oryzae | 20.2f | 7.6e | 82.5cd | 34d | 63d | 6a | 48ef | 51.3bc | 10.7gh | 13.9de |
 Aspergillus niger | 24.1e | 8.0d | 86.7b | 35c | 65c | 5b | 52d | 52.6b | 12.6ef | 14.1d |
 Penicillium sp-03. | 19.5f | 6.9f | 78.3de | 33de | 61d | 5b | 47f | 47.8cd | 10.2h | 12.7ef |
 Rhizopus oryzae | 15.8g | 5.8g | 73.3e | 32e | 59d | 6a | 46f | 41.6e | 8.9i | 11.6fg |
 Aspergillus niger + Penicillium sp-03. | 28.2c | 8.8bc | 87.9b | 37bc | 69bc | 6a | 56bc | 54.9b | 15.3c | 15.9b |
 Aspergillus niger + Rhizopus oryzae | 24.3e | 7.7de | 82.6c | 34d | 64cd | 5b | 52d | 51.6b | 13.8d | 14.9c |
 Penicillium sp-03 + Rhizopus oryzae | 19.5f | 7.1ef | 78.9d | 34d | 62d | 4c | 49e | 46.5d | 11.6fg | 12.7e |
 Aspergillus niger + Penicillium sp-03 + Rhizopus oryzae | 34.2a | 10.7a | 97.5a | 42e | 79a | 6a | 66a | 64.3a | 19.7a | 17.9a |
LSD at 5% | 1.90 | 0.626 | 6.49 | 2.67 | 5.05 | 0.424 | 3.98 | 4.00 | 1.03 | 1.35 |