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Table 3.

Effect of potential bacterial strains on seed germination efficiency of different crops under in vitro conditions after 72 h of germination

Crops	Treatments	In vitro seed germination assay (% germination of the seeds)
Chick Pea (Cicer arietrinum L. var. PG-186)	Control	78.00 ± 1.3^a
	ST-30	98.00 ± 0.77^d
	N-26	97.50 ± 0.76^d
	MP-1	91.50 ± 0.76^bc
	SEm	4.179
Mungbean (Vigna radiata L. var. Pant Mung 4)	Control	84.33 ± 1.21^ab
	ST-30	88.17 ± 0.61^c
	N-26	82.67 ± 0.89^a
	MP-1	86.67 ± 0.89^bc
	SEm	2.869
Field Pea (Pisum sativum L. var. Arkel)	Control	75.33 ± 0.88^a
	ST-30	85.67 ± 0.88^c
	N-26	83.33 ± 3.18^bc
	MP-1	87.33 ± 0.88^cd
	SEm	7.429
Maize (Zea mays L. var. Sankar Makka 2)	Control	65.67 ± 1.20^a
	ST-30	88.33 ± 0.88^d
	N-26	87.67 ± 0.88^d
	MP-1	84.00 ± 0.58^c
	SEm	2.226

Data were analyzed through SPSS 16.0. Duncan’s Multiple Range Test was applied. Values in parenthesis indicate homogenous subsets at significant difference (P ≤ 0.05). Each value is the mean of three replicates

Alphabetic values indicate homogenous subsets at significant difference (P ≤ 0.05). Each value is the mean of three replicates