Table 2: Strain effect on % of plant N supplied by fixation in chickpeas ().

Strain N fixed (%)* Jord-M1 84.7a BU-M3 84.3ab NB-M4 84.3ab NB-M7 83.3ab EMD-M1 83.2ab Turk-M1 82.9ab Leb-M1 82.5ab Syr-M1 81.4b value 0.045 Contrast  Middle East strains 82.9  Commercial strains 83.8   value 0.107

*Letters that are the same within a column are not significantly different at .