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Table 2.

Effect of A. lipoferum, P. fluorescens, P. putida, and chitosan on the maize germinative parameters.

Treatments	Germination (%)		Shoot length (cm)		Root length (cm)		Vigor index		Shoot weight (mg)		Root weight (mg)		Germinated seed weight (mg)
Treatments	m	σ	m	σ	m	σ	m	σ	m	σ	m	σ	m	σ
CTL	100^a	0.0	5.952^e	0.452	12.736^c	1.127	1868.8^b	110.8	0.233^c	0.026	0.252^cd	0.009	0.876^ef	0.055
lip	98.7^ab	2.3	8.072^abcd	0.801	13.822^abc	0.861	2162.3^ab	62.1	0.307^abc	0.043	0.226^d	0.029	0.915^cdef	0.025
flu	95.0^ab	0.0	6.879^ced	0.589	16.146^abc	0.541	2187.4^ab	35.5	0.235^c	0.018	0.261^cd	0.024	0.889^def	0.023
put	100^a	0.0	8.961^abc	1.33	13.306^bc	0.49	22.267^ab	231	0.375^a	0.038	0.365^a	0.061	1.151^a	0.07
lip-flu	88.7^b	7.9	10.052^a	1.553	16.806^abc	1.998	2363^a	141.1	0.34^ab	0.057	0.315^abc	0.024	1.032^abcde	0.032
lip-put	96.2^ab	2.3	8.659^abcd	0.848	15.346^abc	2.116	2313.1^a	206.2	0.333^abc	0.051	0.342^ab	0.013	1.109^ab	0.048
flu-put	95.0^ab	3.7	8.612^abcd	0.773	18.001^a	3.361	2529.5^ab	301.5	0.303^abc	0.024	0.336^ab	0.059	1.048^abcd	0.068
lip-flu-put	96.2^ab	4.4	9.694^a	1.288	16.425^abc	0.938	2509.8^a	133.2	0.34^ab	0.047	0.312^abc	0.007	1.055^abcd	0.064
Q	98.7^ab	2.3	7.356^bcde	0.353	17.669^ab	0.642	2470.7^a	84.6	0.265^abc	0.018	0.313^abc	0.018	0.978^bcde	0.035
Q.lip	98.7^ab	2.3	8.09^abcd	0.765	12.798^c	0.383	2062.2^ab	41.7	0.314^abc	0.038	0.256^cd	0.016	1.039^abcde	0.052
Q.flu	96.2^ab	4.4	9.219^ab	0.706	14.367^abc	1.541	2267.4^ab	144.8	0.316^abc	0.039	0.315^ab	0.071	0.999^abcd	0.123
Q.put	92.5^ab	5.5	9.828^a	0.868	13.071^c	3.017	2125.9^ab	315	0.386^a	0.05	0.261^cd	0.007	1.076^abc	0.06
Q.lip-flu	97.5^ab	2.6	8.025^abcd	0.969	18.135^a	1.206	2549.9^a	215.5	0.298^abc	0.022	0.348^ab	0.013	0.99^abcde	0.051
Q.lip-put	95.0^ab	3.7	8.822^abcd	1.932	14.021^abc	1.659	2165.6^ab	265.4	0.32^c	0.088	0.282^bcd	0.041	0.967^bcde	0.174
Q.flu-put	97.5^ab	2.6	6.643^de	0.383	15.442^abc	1.218	2155.5^ab	198	0.237^abc	0.014	0.263^cd	0.018	0.896^def	0.028
Q.lip-flu-put	97.5^a	4.6	7.227^bcde	0.414	16.122^abc	1.592	2273.5^ab	182.9	0.24^c	0.009	0.225^d	0.009	0.809^f	0.003

Signification	∗		∗∗∗		∗∗∗		∗∗∗		∗∗∗		∗∗∗		∗∗∗

^∗ p < 0.05 (significant); ^∗∗∗ p < 0.001 (very highly significant); m: mean; σ: standard error. In a column, the means with different letters are significantly different than the probability level of 5% according to Student Newman-Keuls test. CTL: control (without bacteria and chitosan); lip: treated only with A. lipoferum; flu: treated only with P. fluorescens; put: treated only with P. putida; lip-flu: treated with A. lipoferum-P. fluorescens in the same proportion; lip-put: treated with A. lipoferum-P. putida in the same proportion; flu-put: treated with P. fluorescens-P. putida in the same proportion; lip-flu-put: treated with A. lipoferum-P. fluorescens-P. putida in the same proportion; Q: treated only with chitosan; Q.lip: treated with chitosan-A. lipoferum in the same proportion; Q.flu: treated with chitosan-P. fluorescens in the same proportion; Q.put: treated with chitosan-P. putida in the same proportion; Q.lip-flu: treated with chitosan-A. lipoferum-P. fluorescens in the same proportion; Q.lip-put: treated with chitosan-A. lipoferum-P. putida in the same proportion; Q.flu-put: treated with chitosan-P. fluorescens-P. putida in the same proportion; Q.lip-flu-put: treated with chitosan-A. lipoferum-P. fluorescens-P. putida in the same proportion.