Table 2 Analysis of variance and Tukey’s test for phosphorus uptake efficiency (PUpE_g), phosphorus utilization efficiency (PUtE_g), and phosphorus use efficiency (PUsE_g) in maize and soybean experiments with seeds inoculated with phosphate-solubilizing bacteria.

From: Bacillus velezensis strain Ag75 as a new multifunctional agent for biocontrol, phosphate solubilization and growth promotion in maize and soybean crops

Source of variation1/

DF

Maize – mean square

Soybean—mean square

PUpE_g

PUtE_g

PUsE_g

PUsE_g

rep/env

9

0.02

65,497.1

80,434.7

4206.8

Environment (Env.)

2

0.82**

10,236,391.6**

1,152,283.1**

31,648.3**

Treatments (T)

4

0.67**

81,158.5ns

305,295.4**

52,608.2**

Env. × T

8

0.08ns

186,044.6ns

15,301.0ns

1512.5ns

Error

36

0.04

129,875.7

54,256.5

1822.7

CV (%)

 

21.57

26.56

32.09

29.30

Means

25 kg P2O5

 

0.66bc

996.4a

524.5ab

165.1b

42 kg P2O5

 

0.56cd

970.2a

458.7b

95.8c

84 kg P2O5

 

0.34d

1107.6a

332.1b

58.4d

25 kg P2O5 + Biomaphos

 

0.83ab

877.2a

681.1a

196.6ab

25 kg P2O5 + Ag75

 

0.95a

976.8a

718.4a

212.5a

  1. ns, ** and * indicates non-significance, significance at levels 1 and 5% of probability by the F test, respectively.
  2. Means followed by different letters on the same line differ significantly from each other as measured by the Tukey test at the significance level of 5%.
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