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 5

Effects of nitrogen fertilizer levels and nitrogen fixing endophytic bacteria supplementation, Enterobacter spp., on yield components and grain yield of sesame cultivated on alluvial soil in dykes at harvest.

Factors		Yield components						Grain yield
		Number ofcapsules per plant	Capsule length	Capsulediameter	Number of rowsper capsule	Number ofseeds per row	Weight 1,000seeds
		Capsule plant^−1	cm	cm	Rows capsule^−1	Seed row^−1	g	g pot^−1
Nitrogen fertilizerlevels (A) (%)	0	3.88^d	1.91^c	1.12^b	6.53^c	8.88^d	2.43	2.72^d
	50	7.50^c	2.16^b	1.22^a	7.07^b	11.1^c	2.48	9.11^c
	75	9.44^b	2.24^b	1.24^a	7.45^a	12.2^b	2.47	9.80^b
	100	11.1^a	2.42^a	1.24^a	7.62^a	13.2^a	2.49	11.8^a
NFEB inoculants (B)(8 × 10^7 CFU g^−1 DSW)	No-NFEB	7.08^c	2.13^b	1.13^b	6.72^c	10.7^b	2.45	7.37^b
	ASD-48	7.75^b	2.24^a	1.22^a	7.22^ab	11.7^a	2.50	8.75^a
	ASD-21	7.78^b	2.12^b	1.23^a	7.15^b	11.5^a	2.44	8.50^a
	Mixture	9.32^a	2.23^a	1.25^a	7.58^a	11.5^a	2.48	8.85^a
Significant differences	F (A)						ns
	F (B)						ns
	F (AB)			ns	ns	ns	ns
CV (%)		7.12	6.15	5.86	8.24	10.0	4.44	6.60

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.