Isolation and selection of highly effective phosphate solubilizing bacterial strains to promote wheat growth in Egyptian calcareous soils

Bulletin of the National Research Centre

Table 3 Interaction effect (bacterial strain × phosphorus fertilizer %) on shoot growth

	Treatment	Shoot height (cm)	Shoot fresh weight (g)	Shoot dry weight (g)	Shoot P (%)
T1	Control (not inoculated + 0% P)	36.6	1.93	0.38	0.140
T2	Control + 50 % P	43.6	3.25	0.63	0.176
T3	Control + 75% P	48.0	4.12	0.78	0.231
T4	Control + 100% P	47.7	3.98	0.75	0.240
T5	E. aerogenes + 0% P	45.4	4.15	0.86	0.197
T6	E. aerogenes + 50% P	47.9	4.81	1.00	0.219
T7	E. aerogenes + 75% P	53.7	5.76	1.19	0.253
T8	E. aerogenes + 100% P	51.6	4.83	1.12	0.255
T9	Enterobacter sp. + 0% P	43.6	3.25	0.72	0.191
T10	Enterobacter sp. + 50% P	47.9	3.98	0.76	0.195
T11	Enterobacter sp. + 75% P	48.2	4.35	0.94	0.229
T12	Enterobacter. sp. + 100% P	48.8	5.07	1.13	0.224
T13	Isolate B + 0% P	42.0	3.62	0.71	0.161
T14	Isolate B + 50 % P	47.2	4.36	0.78	0.239
T15	Isolate B + 75% P	54.9	4.14	0.86	0.228
T16	Isolate B + 100% P	52.7	4.35	0.86	0.238
T17	Mixed culture (1:1:1) + 0% P	47.4	4.69	0.94	0.196
T18	Mixed culture (1:1:1) + 50% P	50.9	5.23	1.08	0.219
T19	Mixed culture (1:1:1) + 75% P	50.3	6.38	1.32	0.267
T20	Mixed culture (1:1:1) + 100% P	53.9	5.47	1.22	0.269
L.S.D (5%)		5.4	0.998	0.194	0.035