Impacts of Microbial Inoculants on the Growth and Yield of Maize Plant

Table 4: Effects of microbial inoculants, maize genotypes and soil type on root weight and root length of maize planted in pots in Screen house.

Variables	Root Weight (g)		Root Length (cm)
Soil Type
Itsoseng	8.08^b		46.16^b
Mafikeng	17.65^a		50.16^a
Inoculants
Pseudomonas kilonensisF113	20.20^a		53.93^a
Pseudomonas protegens CHA0	9.90^b		45.53^b
Non inoculated	13.28^b		47.00^b
Maize Genotype
Aflatoxin SYN 4W	23.71^a		46.67^b
TZB SR	10.77^b		46.19^b
Aflatoxin R SYN 2Y	14.21^b		53.26^a
Aflatoxin SYN 3W	10.41^b		48.19b
Aflatoxin SYN 2Y	13.19^b		49.81^ab
Treatment Effects
Soil Type		.000	.014
Inoculant		.000	.000
Maize genotype		.000	.004
Soil Type × Inoculant		.000	.203
Soil type × maize genotype		.000	.436
Inoculant × maize genotype		.000	.000
Soil type × Inoculant × maizegenotype		.000	.013

Means followed by the same letter along the column for a factor are not significantly different at 5% level of probability using Duncan Multiple Range Test (DMRT).