Table 5.
Effect of B. cereus CGMCC 1.60196 on the maize seedling growth.
| Treatment | Shoot | Root | Leaf | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Length (cm) | Fresh weight (g) | Dry weight (g) | Fresh weight (g) | Dry weight (g) | Total chlorophyll (mg/g) | Chlorophyll a (mg/g) | Chlorophyll b (mg/g) | |
| T0 | 73.03 ± 1.91 b | 24.39 ± 0.69 b | 3.06 ± 0.32 c | 7.45 ± 0.03 d | 1.54 ± 0.06 b | 11.82 ± 0.47 b | 9.47 ± 0.28 b | 2.35 ± 0.30 b |
| T1 | 74.30 ± 3.11 b | 25.89 ± 1.33 b | 3.52 ± 0.12 b | 8.40 ± 0.21 c | 1.67 ± 0.32 b | 12.63 ± 0.36 b | 10.32 ± 0.24 b | 2.31 ± 0.16 b |
| T2 | 81.00 ± 1.47 a | 36.91 ± 2.17 a | 4.69 ± 0.18 a | 15.09 ± 0.35 a | 3.45 ± 0.36 a | 17.78 ± 3.61 a | 14.15 ± 2.75 a | 3.63 ± 0.86 a |
| T3 | 63.67 ± 2.83 c | 27.13 ± 2.30 b | 3.80 ± 0.15 b | 10.30 ± 0.15 b | 1.71 ± 0.17 b | 15.58 ± 0.39 ab | 12.42 ± 0.22 ab | 3.16 ± 0.30 ab |
Lowercase letters indicate significant differences between treatments (p < 0.05). Data shown represent means ± standard deviation (n = 3).