Table 2.

Number of endophytic bacterial colonies isolated from the roots of plants after inoculation

Endophytic bacteria strain	3 days after inoculation	10 days after inoculation
Sphingomonas sp. pp01	11.7 ± 1.76	28.9 ± 5.84
Bacillus sp. pp02	4.91 ± 0.43	21.31 ± 1.59
Pantoea sp. pp04	12.12 ± 0.98	158.16 ± 11.77
Enterobacter sp. pp06	5.61 ± 0.604	42.43 ± 4.62

Mean and standard error of three replicas per treatment, values in CFU/g plant roots