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Table 1 Effect of magnetic field treated soil on soybean nodular and nitrogen content

From: Study on the effect of magnetic field treatment of newly isolated Paenibacillus sp.

Treatment

Bacterial dry weight

Effective number of root nodule

Total nitrogen

Magnetic field (mT)

Time (min)

Weight (g dry wt pl−1)

Percentage change (%)

Amount (No./plant)

Percentage change (%)

Content (mg/g)

Percentage change (%)

Control (CK)

0.06h

-

7 ± 1.23

-

3.23 ± 0.12

-

100

5

0.20c

233

24 ± 3.47

243

3.46 ± 0.13

7.12

10

0.19d

217

18 ± 1.76

157.

3.51 ± 0.12

8.67

20

0.17e

183

17 ± 1.84

143

3.35 ± 0.11

3.72

30

0.15f

150

16 ± 1.34

129

3.25 ± 0.12

0.62

300

5

0.27a

350

37 ± 1.63

429

4.33 ± 0.17

34.06

10

0.26b

333

28 ± 2.95

300

4.55 ± 0.15

40.87

20

0.15f

150

24 ± 2.58

243

3.58 ± 0.13

10.84

30

0.09g

50

13 ± 1.72

86

3.51 ± 0.16

8.67

500

5

0.04j

−33

7 ± 1.25

0

3.34 ± 0.13

3.41

10

0.06h

0

7 ± 1.13

0

3.25 ± 0.12

0.62

20

0.05i

−17

6 ± 1.13

−14

3.17 ± 0.11

−1.86

30

0.05i

−17

7 ± 1.12

0

3.14 ± 0.13

−2.79

  1. The different letters show significant difference (P < 0.05).