The macronutrient acquisition of wheat as calculated by dry
matter yieldnutrient concentration of grain and straw that caused
significant increased over uninoculated control (Table 4). Combined
treatment of B. megaterium, A. chlorophenolicusand Enterobacter
significantly showed 60.4% and 85.3% N acquisition by grain and
straw, respectively as compared to uninoculated control. Dual
inoculated strains caused 1.42 fold more N acquisition in grain and
1.68 fold in straw than uninoculated control while single inoculation
strains increased N acquisition 1.18–1.39 fold in grain and 1.13–1.52
fold in straw. All the inoculated PGPR treatments were observed
significantly better over uninoculated control in causing greater N
acquisition by grain and straw. Acquisition of P in grain was
significantly recorded 69.7% higher with triple combination of
B. megaterium, A. chlorophenolicusandEnterobacteras compared to
uninoculated control. Similarly, triple combination also showed
significantly 64.4% higher P acquisition in straw followed by 44.5%
with dual combination ofA. chlorophenolicusand Enterobacteras
compared to uninoculated control. All the single inoculated treatments also showed significant increase of P acquisition by grain and
straw as compared to uninoculated control