Effects of Inoculation by Bradyrhizobium japonicum Strains on Nodulation, Nitrogen Fixation, and Yield of Soybean (Glycine max L. Merill) Varieties on Nitisols of Bako, Western Ethiopia

Table 5

Main effects of soybean varieties and B. japonicum strains on number of pods per plant, number of seeds per pod, final plant stand count, seed yield, and thousand seed weight.

Treatment	NPP (Nr.)	NSP (Nr.)	FPS (Nr.)	SY (kg/ha)	TSW (g)
	Variety
Jalele	77.36^b	2.21	162.44	2560.19^b	212.81^a
Cheri	100.62^a	2.07	161.56	3416.67^a	204.07^a
Ethio-Yugoslavia	103.82^a	2.18	157.89	3044.75^ab	181.41^b
	Strain
Uninoculated	75.71^b	2.09^b	161.33	2580.25^b	190.54^b
TAL 378	81.16^b	2.07^b	159.67	2487.65^b	191.36^b
TAL 379	124.93^a	2.30^a	160.89	3953.71^a	216.39^a
	Significance
Variety	**	NS	NS	**	**
Strain	**	**	NS	**	**
Variety × Strain	NS	NS	NS	NS	NS
CV (%)	15.19	6.01	2.84	15.65	7.00

NS, **: nonsignificant or significant at 𝑃<0.01, respectively. Means within a column followed by the same letter(s) are not significantly different.
NPP: number of pods per plant, NSP: number of seeds per pod, FPS: final plant stand, SY: seed yield, TSW: thousand seed weight, Nr: number.