Table 2. Endophytic microbial cell count in roots of transgenic sugarcane plants inoculated with CF13 pathotype.

Endophyte	Plant designation	Cell count (Mean ± SE)
Total bacteria	Non-transgenic (non-inoculated)	21.33±2.51
	Non-transgenic (inoculated)	2.06±0.25
	Chit 3–13	11.0±2.00
P-solubilizers	Non-transgenic (non-inoculated)	0.16±0.05
	Non-transgenic (inoculated)	2.4±0.43
	Chit 3–13	1.2±0.36
Nitrogen fixers	Non-transgenic (non-inoculated)	18.33±2.51
	Non-transgenic (inoculated)	15.66±1.52
	Chit 3–13	1.33±0.57
Pseudomonads	Non-transgenic (non-inoculated)	0.86±0.15
	Non-transgenic (inoculated)	0.06±0.05
	Chit 3–13	0.0±0.00
Total fungi	Non-transgenic (non-inoculated)	0.43±0.05
	Non-transgenic (inoculated)	0.56±0.05
	Chit 3–13	0.0±0.00

Note: Microbial cell count is presented as 10³cfu/ml; Values of three replicates are shown as mean ± SE.