Effect of Rhizobium and Phosphate Solubilizing Bacterial Inoculants on Symbiotic Traits, Nodule Leghemoglobin, and Yield of Chickpea Genotypes

Table 3

Yield attributes, grain and straw yields of chickpea genotypes.

Chickpea genotypes	Plant height; (cm)	Number of; branches plant^−1	Number of pods plant^−1	Number of seeds pod^−1	Test weight (g)	Mean yield (Kg ha^−1)
						Grain	Straw
Chickpea genotype
IG-226	33.4	12.4	38.6	1.25	152.3	1622	1894
IG-370	30.6	10.2	34.7	1.13	158.7	1475	1613
IG-379	34.5	13.3	42.8	1.30	191.5	1922	2199
JG-412	39.0	14.4	48.4	1.33	249.1	1995	2291
IG-593	42.1	16.0	64.0	1.38	333.8	2286	2728
SEm±	1.4	0.3	0.9	0.058	2.0	88	91
LSD (𝑃=0.05)	4.5	0.9	3.0	0.191	6.5	288	299
Microbial inoculants
Control	34.1	11.4	37.9	1.1	213.1	1587	1901
Rhizobium	36.7	13.6	48.9	1.3	220.0	1967	2303
PSB	34.2	12.1	43.5	1.3	216.0	1764	2089
Rhizobium + PSB	37.1	16.0	55.7	1.4	220.7	2150	2461
SEm±	0.8	0.3	0.8	0.6	1.4	59	52
LSD (𝑃=0.05)	2.4	0.8	2.2	0.2	4.0	170	152

PSB: phosphate solubilising bacteria.