Table 2 Mean comparison of main effect on P release (mg kg⁻¹) and PSB population (at 56 day) in soil as influenced by P sources and PSBs inoculation at different soil lime content.

Inoculation	Olsen extractable Phosphorus (mg kg⁻¹)
	Days
	0	7	14	28	56	Net increase in Olsen P over incubation	PSB population at day 56
Phosphorus release (mg kg⁻¹) (10⁵ CFU g⁻¹ dry soil)
Control	6.84	7.20	7.78	8.46	9.04	2.20	7.65
PSBs	6.84	7.64	8.52	10	11.06	4.22	8.33
LSD(0.05)	ns	0.104	0.146	0.134	0.150	0.077	7560
Phosphorous sources
SSP	7.92a	8.06a	8.20b	8.36c	8.42c	0.50d	6.73d
Rock Phosphate	6.32c	6.80d	7.16c	7.62d	8.02d	1.70c	7.39c
FYM	6.60b	7.32c	8.58a	10.38b	11.58b	4.98b	8.79b
PM	6.52b	7.54b	8.66a	10.58a	12.22a	5.70a	9.03a
LSD(0.05)	0.114	0.148	0.206	0.188	0.212	0.109	10692
Lime (%)
4.78	7.16a	7.94a	8.90a	10.08a	10.98a	3.82a	8.77a
10	6.94b	7.80a	8.70b	8.78b	10.70b	3.76a	8.48b
15	6.82b	7.50b	8.32c	9.44c	10.28c	3.46c	8.16c
20	6.40c	6.48c	6.66d	7.77d	8.32d	1.92d	6.55d
LSD(0.05)	0.114	0.148	0.206	0.188	0.212	0.109	10692
Interaction
L x PS	*Fig. 1	ns	***Fig. 2	***Fig. 3	***Fig. 4	ns	***Fig. 11
L x I	ns	**Fig. 5	***Fig. 6	***Fig. 7	***Fig. 8	ns	ns
I x PS	ns	ns	ns	***Fig. 9	***Fig. 10	ns	***Fig. 12
L x I x PS	ns	ns	ns	ns	ns	ns	ns
CV	2.88	3.48	4.41	3.54	3.66	11.79	2.32

PS, I, L, ns, ^*,** and ^***indicates phosphorus sources, inoculation, lime, non-significant and significant (LSD test) at p ≤ 0.05, p ≤ 0.01, and p ≤ 0.001 respectively. Means followed by different letter in each column are significantly different at p ≤ 0.05.

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