Table 4.

Effect of bacterial isolates on plant height and chlorophyll content in the 2010–2011 season.

Treatments		Plant height (cm) 2010/2011			Chlorophyll content index
N-fertilizer (%)	Bacteria	30 DAP	60 DAP	90 DAP	30 DAP	60 DAP
0	Control	44.91 a	70.59 a	176.5 a	39.95 a	69.63 a
	Enterobacter cloacae (L1)	46.37 a	68.18 a	173.3 a	46.37 a	80.16 a
	Bacillus megaterium(V16)	46.82 a	62.85 a	154.2 a	47.92 ab	75.55 a
	Pantoea ananatis (LB5)	48.94 a	69.19 a	159.5 a	48.94 ab	79.19 a
	B. ambifaria (V9)	49.81 a	66.06 a	171.3 a	45.90 a	76.49 a
	Pseudomonas sp. (StB5)	59.30 a	67.15 a	179.2 a	59.30 b	77.15 a
33	Control	56.36 a	68.89 a	176.8 a	60.42 b	79.91 a
	E. cloacae (L1)	46.26 a	69.89 a	165.3 a	48.98 ab	78.41 a
	B. megaterium(V16)	47.82 a	67.25 a	186.7 a	47.82 ab	77.25 a
	P. ananatis (LB5)	46.21 a	63.38 a	168.0 a	46.21 a	73.38 a
	B. ambifaria (V9)	44.69 a	68.27 a	178.2 a	44.69 a	81.03 a
	Pseudomonas sp. (StB5)	47.41 a	69.63 a	186.0 a	47.41 ab	78.61 a
		P = 0.629	P = 0.694	P = 0.116	P = 0.042	P = 0.179
		CV% = 17.1	CV% = 8.7	CV% = 7.4	CV% = 16.1	CV% = 6.7

Means with the same letter in the same column are not significantly different at P ≤ 0.05.