Effects of Nitrogen Fertilization and Nitrogen Fixing Endophytic Bacteria Supplementation on Soil Fertility, N Uptake, Growth, and Yield of Sesame (Sesamum indicum L.) Cultivated on Alluvial Soil in Dykes

Table 3

Effects of nitrogen fertilizer levels and nitrogen fixing endophytic bacteria supplementation, Enterobacter spp., on improvement of nutrients uptake in sesame at harvest on alluvial soil in dykes.

Factors		Dry biomass		Nitrogen content		Nitrogen uptake
		Seed	Stem, leaf, and capsule peel	Seed	Stem, leaf, and capsule peel	Seed	Stem, leaf,and capsule peel	Total
		(g pot^−1)		(%)		(mg pot^−1)
Nitrogen fertilizer levels (A) (%)	0	0.83^d	1.56^d	2.85^c	0.41^c	23.8^d	6.50^d	30.3^d
	50	2.55^c	4.04^c	3.07^b	0.43^bc	78.1^c	17.3^c	95.5^c
	75	3.12^b	5.33^b	3.09^b	0.45^b	96.6^b	24.1^b	120.7^b
	100	3.83^a	6.13^a	3.30^a	0.49^a	126.6^a	30.1^a	156.7^a
NFEB inoculants (B)(8 × 10^7 CFU g^−1 DSW)	No-NFEB	2.37^b	3.75^c	2.85^c	0.42^b	69.6^c	16.4^b	86.0^c
	ASD-48	2.64^a	4.29^b	3.17^ab	0.40^b	84.8^ab	17.2^b	102.0^b
	ASD-21	2.62^a	4.46^a	3.05^b	0.49^a	80.5^b	22.4^a	102.9^b
	Mixture	2.70^a	4.55^a	3.24^a	0.47^a	90.2^a	22.0^a	112.3^a
Significant differences	F (A)
	F (B)
	F (AB)
CV (%)		10.2	4.57	8.29	10.1	13.6	11.5	11.6

In a column, the different superscripts indicate significant differences at 5% (, ), and without letter indicates no significant difference according to Duncan’s post hoc test at 5% level; NFEB: nitrogen fixing endophytic bacteria; No-NFEB: no applied nitrogen fixing endophytic bacteria; Mixture: both ASD-48 and ASD-21; CV: coefficient of variation; DSW: dry soil weight.