Table 3 Potassium use efficiency of red cabbage as influenced by bio-priming and fertilisation.

Treatments	K use efficiency
	Agronomic efficiency (kg kg⁻¹)		Physiological efficiency (kg kg⁻¹)		Apparent recovery efficiency (%)		Partial factor productivity (kg kg⁻¹)
	2016–201,717	2017–2018	2016–2017	2017–2018	2016–2017	2017–2018	2016–2017	2017–2018
T₁: Absolute control N:P₂O₅:K₂O @ 0:0:0 kg ha⁻¹	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
T₂: RDF of N:P₂O₅:K₂O @ 120:60:60 kg ha⁻¹	18.96^c	22.15^c	32.08	34.33	59.13^d	64.27^c	27.94^c	28.10^c
T₃: 75% RDF + Trichoderma harzianum	24.13^bc	30.04^abc	32.31	33.93	74.45^cd	88.44^abc	36.11^bc	37.97^ab
T₄: 75% RDF + Pseudomonas fluorescens	26.18^abc	31.60^ab	31.25	33.49	84.02^abcd	94.83^ab	38.16^ab	39.54^ab
T₅: 75% RDF + Bacillus subtilis	22.91^bc	29.10^bc	29.47	33.29	77.54^bcd	87.75^abc	34.89^bc	37.04^b
T₆: 75% RDF + T. harzianum + P. fluorescens	34.89^a	38.75^a	31.68	33.67	109.26^a	116.49^a	46.87^a	46.69^a
T₇: 75% RDF + P. fluorescens + B. subtilis	30.89^ab	35.05^ab	29.18	31.32	105.92^ab	112.53^ab	42.87^ab	42.98^ab
T₈: 75% RDF + T. harzianum + B. subtilis	27.38^abc	33.40^ab	29.35	32.09	93.83^abc	104.45^ab	39.36^ab	41.33^ab
T₉: 75% RDF + T. harzianum + P. fluorescens + B. subtilis	21.93^bc	27.94^bc	30.60	32.69	71.51^cd	84.97^bc	33.91^bc	35.88^bc

Different letters indicate significant differences at P ≤ 0.05 among the treatments as per DMRT.

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