Elucidating the Potential of Native Rhizobial Isolates to Improve Biological Nitrogen Fixation and Growth of Common Bean and Soybean in Smallholder Farming Systems of Kenya

Table 1

Nodule number and nodule dry weight (mg plant⁻¹) as affected by rhizobia inoculants and bean variety.

	Nodule number plant^−1	Nodule dry weight (mg plant^−1)
Rhizobia inoculant
CIAT + CTM
CIAT899
CTM
Control	0.0	0.0
Variety
Mwezi moja
Mwitemania
values of the main factors and their interaction
Bean variety	0.263	0.654
Rhizobia inoculant	0.001	0.001
Rhizobia inoculant × variety	0.217	0.659

Means followed by same lowercase letter(s) are not significantly different at (Tukey’s HSD test). CIAT 899: commercial isolate, CTM: consortium of indigenous isolates, and CIAT + CTM: commercial isolate + consortium of indigenous isolates.