Table 2 Effect of drought stress on total bacterial, fungal and actinomycetes counts (colony forming unit) in rhizosphere of four rice genotypes

Control

Orabi3

20.47 ± 1.97^a

3.20 ± 0.72^a

0.497 ± 0.060^a

Vandana

17.40 ± 0.92^b

3.57 ± 0.68^a

0.563 ± 0.093^a

IR64

17.00 ± 0.62^b

2.67 ± 0.81^a

0.430 ± 0.044^b

G177

19.80 ± 2.00^a

3.40 ± 0.66^a

0.397 ± 0.059^b

Mean ± SD

18.67 ± 2.02^A

3.21 ± 0.71^A

0.472 ± 0.088^A

Drought (stress)

Orabi3

18.57 ± 1.05^a

2.83 ± 0.55^a

0.463 ± 0.025^b

Vandana

15.43 ± 0.78^ab

2.63 ± 0.59^a

0.743 ± 0.085^a

IR64

14.40 ± 0.82^b

1.77 ± 0.45^a

0.330 ± 0.076^c

G177

17.27 ± 1.36^a

2.97 ± 0.32^a

0.347 ± 0.070^c

Mean ± SD

16.42 ± 1.90^B

2.55 ± 0.64^B

0.471 ± 0.182^A

Two-way ANOVA P-values

 Treatments

0.011

0.036

0.820^NS

 Genotype

0.0020

0.1710^NS

0.0000

 Interaction (treatments × genotype)

0.000

0.008

0.000