Table 1.
Effects of MetA1 treatment on growth-promoting traits in okra plants. Values (means ± SEs) of each treatment were attained from four biological replications (n = 4). Mean values with different alphabetical letter(s) denote the statistically significant differences among the treatments, lsd, P < 0.05. MetA1, M. anisopliae; R. S, R. solani.
| Treatment | Shoot length (cm) |
Root length (cm) |
Shoot fresh weight (g) | Root fresh weight (g) | Shoot dry weight (g) | Root dry weight (g) | Leaf area (cm2) |
Leaf fresh weight (g) | Leaf dry weight (g) | Number of leaves | Number of full-grown leaflets | Number of flowers | Stem diameter (mm) | Plant height (cm) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Control | 90.9± 0.75bc |
16.65± 0.76bc |
54.292± 0.82ab |
3.126± 0.06a |
9.55± 0.25b |
0.48 ± 0.02ab | 97.74± 0.95c |
39.36 ± 0.98bc | 5.01 ± 0.06b | 16.80 ± 0.58b | 12.20 ± 0.58ab | 13.00 ± 0.70a | 6.62 ± 0.07ab | 80.6± 0.16ab |
| MetA1 | 95.72± 1.41a |
19.81± 0.43a |
58.352± 0.92a |
3.362± 0.13a |
11.15± 0.46a |
0.53 ± 0.03a | 127.50± 0.69a |
47.39 ± 1.67a | 5.64 ± 0.22a | 19.00 ± 0.44a | 13.20 ± 0.73a | 14.60 ± 0.92a | 6.73 ± 0.09a | 87.98± 0.21a |
| R.S | 89.2± 0.84c |
15.46± 0.23c |
45.126± 2.66c |
2.46± 0.07b |
6.93± 0.06c |
0.41 ± 0.01b | 86.53± 0.27d |
35.48 ± 1.66c | 3.79 ± 0.21c | 15.40 ± 0.67b | 9.80 ± 0.58c | 10.40 ± 0.50b | 5.51 ± 0.22c | 75.47± 0.67c |
| MetA1 + R.S | 93.3± 0.75ab |
17.47± 0.30ab |
51.106± 0.96b |
2.726± 0.09b |
9.15± 0.02b |
0.44 ± 0.03b | 105.77± 1.56b |
40.85 ± 0.46b | 4.19 ± 0.23c | 16.40 ± 0.50b | 10.40 ± 0.50b | 12.40 ± 0.50ab | 6.21 ± 0.09b | 84± 0.52b |