Effects of Nitrogen Fertilization and Soil Inoculation of Sulfur-Oxidizing or Nitrogen-Fixing Bacteria on Onion Plant Growth and Yield

Table 2

Effect of nitrogen and soil inoculation with sulfur-oxidizing (SoxB) and nitrogen-fixing bacteria (NFxB) on nutrient uptake by onion plants.

Treatments	Macronutrients uptake (kg ha^−1)			Micronutrients (ppm)
	N	P	K	Zn	Fe	Mn
CK	24.9	1.7	24.2	7.5	2.4	15.7
62N	40.0	3.5	32.6	16.7	5.7	27.7
124N	51.4	4.7	39.0	32.9	14.2	35.8
248N	61.0	5.9	49.9	75.0	31.7	37.0
62N + SoxB	77.1	6.4	58.8	78.4	42.9	40.0
124N + SoxB	90.4	7.4	70.1	81.0	44.9	40.3
248N + SoxB	108.7	10.4	85.7	88.8	47.1	42.7
CK + SoxB + NFxB	181.5	14.6	114.9	99.8	56.0	57.1
^1LSD at 0.05	21.2	1.5	19.3	6.9	8.3	10.8

¹LSD: least significant difference.