Table 1.
Treatment | In vitro seed germination assay | Pot trial data | ||||||
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% germination of the seeds | ||||||||
12 °Ca | 25 °Ca | Shoot length (cm) | Root length (cm)a | Plant fresh weight (g plant−1)a | Plant dry weight (g plant−1)a | Chlorophyll content (mg g−1 fr. wt)a | Nitrate reductase activity (mmol NO2 g−1 fr. wt h−1)a | |
Control | 30 ± 0.51 (6)b | 70 ± 0.26 (3)b | 7.22 ± 0.84 | 5.67 ± 0.65 | 0.44 ± 0.13 | 0.19 ± 0.43 | 0.40 ± 0.07 | 0.25 ± 0.16 |
P. migulae S10724 | 40 ± 0.32 (6)b | 90 ± 0.12 (3)b | 13.26 ± 0.55 (45.6)c | 10.36 ± 1.02 (45.3)c | 0.86 ± 0.21 (48.8)c | 0.59 ± 0.61 (67.79)c | 0.69 ± 0.16 (42)c | 1.27 ± 0.16 (80.3)c |
f value | 3.18 | 5.35 | 1.29 | 7.28 | 7.97 | 5.86 | 5.11 | 1.18 |
t value | 5.21 | 4.01 | 5.62 | 3.84 | 5.61 | 5.39 | 3.76 | 6.71 |
Data were analyzed statistically at the 5 % p (<0.05 %) level of significance
aEach value is mean of five replicates
bValues in parentheses indicate germination time in days
cValues in parentheses indicate percent increase over treatment