. 2023 Nov 11;9(11):e22128. doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e22128

Table 1.

Effect of different treatments on the root length and shoot length of the groundnut plants.

Treatments	Root length (cm)				Shoot length (cm)
Treatments	30th	60th	90th	120th	30th	60th	90th	120th
T1	5.43 ± 0.37^e	9.58 ± 0.17^e	12.4 ± 0.43^d	15.18 ± 0.36^d	12.525 ± 0.30^d	22.45 ± 0.52^e	29.075 ± 0.25^e	38.175 ± 0.40^e
T2	9.05 ± 0.40^c	13.1 ± 0.39^c	15.03 ± 0.26^c	19.98 ± 0.46^b	22.475 ± 0.34^a	24.5 ± 0.35^c	34.075 ± 0.33^c	46.45 ± 0.5^c
T3	12.4 ± 0.34^a	17.53 ± 0.33^a	19.48 ± 0.18^a	30.48 ± 0.45^a	22.975 ± 0.17^a	32.125 ± 0.42^a	46.05 ± 0.42^a	57.2 ± 0.49^a
T4	10.45 ± 0.28^b	16.1 ± 0.25^b	16.45 ± 0.38^b	19.1 ± 0.52^c	19.025 ± 0.41^b	28.05 ± 0.19^b	41.5 ± 0.45^b	48.925 ± 0.51^b
T5	7.03 ± 0.12^d	12.13 ± 0.41^d	12.65 ± 0.20^d	15.5 ± 0.29^d	17.425 ± 0.37^c	23.45 ± 0.38^d	32.1 ± 0.18^d	42.925 ± 0.63^d
Treatments: 1725.292* Days: 3401.657* Treatments × Days: 138.465 ***					Treatments: 2802.278* Days: 18232.392* Treatments × Days: 160.935***

Values are mean ± SD of four replication samples in each group; Column means followed by common superscript are not significant at 5 % level by DMRT; *** indicates P < 0.001; ** indicates P < 0.01& * indicates P < 0.05 versus control.

T1: Uninoculated Control; T2: Seeds treated with liquid formulation; T3: Seeds treated with liquid formulation and the soil amended with organic manure (Farmyard); T4: Soil amended with organic manure (Farmyard) alone; T5: Seeds treated with lignite (solid) based bioinoculant.