Table 2 ANOVA of the effects of biofertilizers, organic fertilizer applications, and their interaction on growth, physiological, yield, and biochemical parameters of wheat plants

Yield Components

Source of Variance

Plant height

Crop growth rate

No. of spikelets /spike

Biological yield

Grain yield

2020

2021

2020

2021

2020

2021

2020

2021

2020

2021

Biofertilizer (BF)

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**

***

***

***

***

***

***

***

***

Organic fertilizer (OF)

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***

***

***

***

***

***

***

***

***

BF*OF

*

*

***

***

***

***

***

*

***

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CV

2.35

2.69

4.28

4.31

5.67

5.63

4.03

4.16

5.49

5.39

R²

0.96

0.97

0.99

0.99

0.88

0.89

0.97

0.98

0.97

0.98

RMSE

2.15

2.18

0.63

1.64

1.15

1.18

0.45

0.47

0.26

0.26

Growth attributes

Source of Variance

1000 grain weight

Chlorophyll

Straw yield

Harvest index

starch

2020

2021

2020

2021

2020

2021

2021

2021

2021

2021

Biofertilizer (BF)

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***

***

***

***

***

***

***

***

Organic fertilizer(OF)

***

***

***

***

***

***

***

***

***

***

BF* 0F

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***

***

***

***

***

***

***

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CV

7.39

7.41

2.25

2.24

5.48

5.45

7.44

7.42

3.11

3.13

R²

0.84

0.84

0.97

0.97

0.98

0.98

0.91

0.91

0.83

0.83

RMSE

3.78

3.83

1.03

1.04

0.34

0.34

3.18

3.20

1.73

1.75

Biochemical parameters

Source of Variance

Nitrogen

Phosphorous

Potassium

Protein content

Gluten

2020

2021

2020

2021

2020

2021

2021

2021

2021

2021

Biofertilizer (BF)

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***

***

***

***

***

**

**

***

***

Organic fertilizer( OF)

***

***

***

***

***

***

*

*

***

***

BF* OF

***

***

***

***

***

***

Ns

Ns

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CV

2.74

3.29

3.34

5.82

3.06

3.81

8.91

8.91

4.75

4.74

R²

0.99

0.97

0.98

0.97

0.96

0.95

0.91

0.91

0.96

0.96

RMSE

0.04

0.053

0.03

0.05

0.045

0.051

3.18

3.20

1.20

1.21