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