Table 2.

Effect of bacterial culture SVC(II)14 on seed germination

Isolate	Germination (%)	Germination speed	Vigour index	Shoot length (cm)	Root length (cm)	Fresh shoot wt (mg seed−1)	Fresh root wt (mg seed−1)	Dry shoot wt (mg seed−1)	Dry root wt (mg seed−1)
Control	89 ± 0.34	8.52 ± 0.1	388 ± 48	1.03 ± 0.1	3.34 ± 1.5	125 ± 1.1	105.3 ± 4.3	11.6 ± 2.0	10.01 ± 0.2
SVC(II)14	96.6 ± 0.57	10.82 ± 0.3	807 ± 94	2.21 ± 0.2	6.14 ± 0.1	230 ± 11.1	341.2 ± 5.6	23.6 ± 1.5	29.58 ± 3

The symbol ± refers to SE of the mean of three readings per treatment