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

Table 6

Synergetic application effect of PSB isolates and external P-supplements on tomato fruit yield and fruit size.

Isolate	Fruit yield per plant	Lager fruit		Small fruit
		Length (cm)	Width (cm)	Length (cm)	Width (cm)
Control	17.0 + 5.79^b	9.87 + 0.99^a	18.93 + 2.12^ab	3.43 + 0.07^abc	6.57 + 1.08^ab
K-1-29	21.31 + 3.76^a	9.8 + 1.01^a	19.2 + 2.27^ab	3.17 + 0.79^bc	5.53 + 1.2^c
K-10-27	21.82 + 6.76^a	9.87 + 1.06^a	19.87 + 2.23^a	3.1 + 0.78^c	5.8 + 1.28^bc
K-10-41	21.87 + 6.51^a	10.03 + 0.86^a	19.27 + 1.67^ab	3.07 + 0.46^c	5.7 + 1.1^bc
Mk-1-25	19.58 + 3.77^ab	9.87 + 1.13^a	19.13 + 2.0^ab	3.43 + 0.75^abc	6.3 + 1.24^abc
Mk-13-16	19.93 + 7.65^ab	9.87 + 1.19^a	19.13 + 2.97^ab	3.67 + 1.08^ab	6.9 + 1.67^a
Mk-20-20	20.69 + 6.44^ab	9.8 + 0.78^a	18.2 + 2.24^b	3.73 + 0.96^a	6.93 + 1.79^a
Mk-20-7	19.8 + 4.22^ab	9.93 + 0.7^a	19.0 + 2.20^ab	3.47 + 0.92^abc	6.3 + 0.92^abc
Z-1-16	19.4 + 4.12^ab	10.0 + 0.85^a	19.27 + 2.34^ab	3.5 + 0.71^abc	6.3 + 1.27^abc
Z-12-20	20.09 + 5.06^ab	10.0 + 0.93^a	19.67 + 2.34^ab	3.67 + 1.03^ab	6.53 + 1.46^ab
Z-13-4	19.91 + 4.05^ab	9.53 + 1.06^a	18.47 + 2.13^ab	3.37 + 0.58^abc	6.33 + 0.96^abc
CV	26.74	9.9	11.79	22.92	19.93
LSD	3.88	0.71	1.62	0.57	0.91
P-treatment
BM	20.94 + 6.87^a	10.0 + 0.97^a	18.91 + 2.47^a	3.55 + 0.94b^a	6.35 + 1.53^ab
Compost	19.29 + 5.44^a	9.85 + 0.97^a	18.88 + 1.63^a	3.35 + 0.71^ab	6.09 + 1.31^ab
Fert	19.9 + 4.47^a	9.86 + 1.07^a	19.33 + 2.01^a	3.08 + 0.69^b	5.79 + 1.27^a
Fert and comp	21.02 + 5.22^a	9.82 + 0.88^a	19.15 + 2.66^a	3.58 + 0.99^a	6.61 + 1.3^a
Soil	19.49 + 4.97^a	9.82 + 0.88^a	19.06 + 2.29^a	3.55 + 0.65^a	6.62 + 1.08^a
CV	26.74	0.48	11.79	22.92	19.93
LSD	2.62	9.9	1.09	0.38	0.61

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