Tomato Production under Synergistic Application of Phosphate Solubilizing Bacteria and Phosphate Amendments

Table 2

Tomato leaf development at different growth periods.

Isolate	30 days	45 days	60 days
Control	5.4 ± 0.98^b	10.82 + 0.71^abc	11.05 + 1.26^c
K-1-29	7.1 ± 0.92^a	10.77 + 1.14^abc	12.14 + 1.43^ab
K-10-27	7.25 ± 0.92^a	10.48 + 1.26^bc	11.96 + 1.24^ab
K-10-41	7.23 ± 0.77^a	10.85 + 1.46^abc	11.78 + 1.24^bc
Mk-1-25	7.3 ± 0.66^a	11.2 + 2.24^ab	12.6 + 1.76^a
Mk-13-16	7.13 ± 1.3^a	11.23 + 1.02^ab	12.25 + 1.32^ab
Mk-20-20	7.1 ± 0.99^a	11.02 + 1.5^abc	11.98 + 1.21^ab
Mk-20-7	7.18 ± 1.66^a	10.87 + 0.93^abc	11.98 + 1.63^ab
Z-1-16	7.28 ± 0.77^a	10.22 + 1.18^c	12.5 + 1.23^ab
Z-12-20	7.43 ± 0.69^a	11.37 + 1.24^a	12.45 + 1.2^ab
Z-13-4	6.98 ± 0.69^a	11.25 + 1.63^ab	11.81 + 11.25^abc
CV	9.91	10.27	9.18
LSD	0.50	0.81	0.8
P-treatments
BM	6.92 ± 0.94^a	10.98 + 1.37^ab	11.74 + 1.23^b
Compost	7.24 ± 1.12^a	10.68 + 1.56^b	12.17 + 1.17^ab
Fert	6.93 + 1.03^a	11.17 + 1.86^a	11.88 + 1.26^ab
Fert and comp	7.01 ± 1.23^a	10.86 + 1.15^ab	12.32 + 1.87^a
Soil	7.08 ± 0.85^a	10.88 + 1.13^ab	12.13 + 1.3^ab
CV	9.91	10.27	9.18
LSD	0.34	0.55	0.54

^∗Means with similar letters has no significant difference at  < 0.05.