Table 8.

Interaction between silicon and PGPR strain on growth and physiology of mung bean.

Silicon (kg ha−1)	PGPR strain	Chl a (g kg−1)	Chl b (g kg−1)	E (mmol m−2 S−1)	Plant height (cm)	Salt tolerance index
0	Un-inoculated	0.264 ± 0.031	0.197 ± 0.037	1.489 ± 0.300	34.83 ± 2.16	0.289 ± 0.048
	P16	0.432 ± 0.041	0.293 ± 0.039	2.704 ± 0.284	41.48 ± 1.55	0.516 ± 0.073
	P6	0.380 ± 0.040	0.260 ± 0.042	2.569 ± 0.246	40.54 ± 1.39	0.319 ± 0.038
1	Un-inoculated	0.419 ± 0.044	0.268 ± 0.051	1.656 ± 0.334	36.02 ± 1.99	0.367 ± 0.064
	P16	0.477 ± 0.032	0.482 ± 0.042	2.918 ± 0.257	45.48 ± 2.09	0.553 ± 0.086
	P6	0.456 ± 0.025	0.377 ± 0.050	2.600 ± 0.272	40.61 ± 1.45	0.405 ± 0.063
2	Un-inoculated	0.513 ± 0.059	0.334 ± 0.045	2.916 ± 0.618	36.68 ± 1.83	0.392 ± 0.069
	P16	0.578 ± 0.065	0.511 ± 0.053	5.312 ± 0.773	49.81 ± 1.84	0.588 ± 0.095
	P6	0.527 ± 0.059	0.435 ± 0.052	4.932 ± 0.713	41.94 ± 1.29	0.460 ± 0.048
	LSD	0.051	0.047	0.415	1.64	0.031

Means having difference greater than LSD values are significant at P ≤ 0.05.