Significance of Some Soil Amendments and Phosphate Dissolving Bacteria to Enhance the Availability of Phosphate in Calcareous Soil

Table 3

Effect of different applied treatments on yield and its components of broad bean plants (combined data of two seasons).

P-source and/or soil amendments	Total weight of green pods/plant (g)	Number of; pods/plant	Dry weight of seed/plant (g)	100-seeds; weight (g)	Seed yield; (kg/ha)	Straw yield; (kg/ha)	Seed constituents
							Seed protein (%)	Total carbohydrates (%)	Seed protein; (kg/ha)
SP	388.89	29.67	183.93	172.96	5896.38	6373.33	21.13	51.47	1245.91
RP	326.16	25.33	140.90	147.51	4730.29	5370.67	20.00	45.49	946.05
RP + ES	372.13	28.67	170.22	170.28	5356.19	5852.57	20.88	49.16	1118.38
RP + PDB	365.42	27.33	148.53	151.45	5056.76	5688.76	20.50	46.25	1036.64
RP + OM	396.29	30.67	191.37	174.71	6484.57	7396.19	21.88	52.80	1418.83
RP + PDB + ES	418.22	31.67	200.51	175.95	7006.86	7675	21.56	51.47	1510.67
RP + ES + OM	460.65	34.33	215.00	179.38	8057.91	8565.05	22.56	55.80	1817.86
RP + PDB + OM	449.32	32.67	205.27	177.37	7528.38	7990.86	22.19	53.13	1670.55
RP + PDB +OM + ES	521.23	36.33	226.72	184.45	8372.48	9008.38	22.81	56.47	1909.76
L.S.D at 5%	20.84	3.70	5.26	3.44	156.38	137.62	0.23	3.76	15.05

SP: super phosphate; RP: rock phosphate; OM: organic manure; ES: elemental sulphur; PDB: phosphate dissolving bacteria.