S. No.

Heterogeneous microbial population Log₁₀∙CFU∙g⁻¹

Treatments

Bacteria

Actinomycetes

Trichoderma

Other Fungi

1

Control

^b6.71 ± 0.4

^d8.56 ± 0.5

^ab1.60 ± 0.3

^a1.80 ± 0.4

2

NPK100%

^a4.18 ± 0.9

^ab6.92 ± 0.4

^ab1.40 ± 0.2

^a2.12 ± 0.3

3

NPK50%

^a5.12 ± 0.3

^abc7.11 ± 0.8

^a1.20 ± 0.2

^a2.28 ± 0.5

4

FYM100%

^c6.72 ± 0.6

^cd8.40 ± 0.9

^ab2.16 ± 0.3

^a2.20 ± 0.1

5

FYM50%

^c6.52 ± 0.3

^a-d7.19 ± 0.4

^ab2.16 ± 0.1

^a2.28 ± 0.3

6

NPK50% + FYM50%

^c6.45 ± 0.4

^cd8.24 ± 0.5

^b2.18 ± 0.1

^a2.35 ± 0.2

7

PR5

^d9.13 ± 0.5

^e10.60 ± 0.3

^b2.30 ± 0.3

^a2.10 ± 0.2

8

NPK100% + PR5

^a5.36 ± 0.6

^a-d6.72 ± 0.4

^b2.26 ± 0.5

^a2.40 ± 0.1

9

NPK50% + PR5

^b5.74 ± 0.4

^cd8.36 ± 0.2

^b2.23 ± 0.1

^a2.20 ± 0.2

10

FYM100%+ PR5

^bc6.64 ± 0.5

^bcd8.16 ± 0.6

^b2.40 ± 0.2

^a2.32 ± 0.2

11

FYM50% + PR5

^bc5.64 ± 0.2

^abcd7.21 ± 0.5

^b2.48 ± 0.8

^a2.30 ± 0.4

12

FYM + NPK + PR5

^bc5.68 ± 0.5

^a6.56 ± 0.4

^b2.42 ± 0.3

^a2.33 ± 0.3