Table 1.
Effect of different Plant Growth promoting rhizobacterial strains of P. fluorescens on seedling growth parameters under in-vitro conditions.
| Name of the Isolate | Root Length Mean (cm) |
Shoot length Mean (cm) |
Germination % | Vigour Index | Wet weight (mg) |
Dry weight (mg) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KH-1 | 25.30a | 11.88b | 100 | 3718a | 1025.2b | 806.4a |
| AH-1 | 25.08c | 11.32e | 100 | 3640c | 995.5d | 793.6b |
| Pf-1 | 25.04c | 11.64c | 100 | 3668b | 1057.1a | 739.3d |
| Py-15 | 24.14e | 11.40d | 99 | 3518de | 977.9f | 738.1e |
| TDK-1 | 25.14b | 11.92a | 100 | 3706ab | 1007.6c | 806.4a |
| MDU-2 | 24.68d | 11.26f | 99 | 3558d | 986.7e | 752.7c |
| Control | 17.02f | 5.96g | 72 | 1654f | 490.6f | 249.4f |
Values are mean of two replications. Means in a column followed by same superscript letters are not significantly different according to Duncan's multiple range test at P = 0.05.