Table 5.

Effect of inoculation of plant growth promoting rhizobacteria Aneurinibacillus aneurinilyticus CKMV1 on the plant growth promoting parameters and nutrient uptake of tomato seedlings.

	Control	CKMV1	T(cal)
Growth parameters
Shoot length (cm)	18.82	21.82	53.03
Shoot dry weight (g)	2.89	3.95	48.49
Length of roots (cm)	7.04	9.10	46.89
Root dry weight (g)	0.62	0.70	5.11
Nutrient uptake
NPK content of soil (kg/ha)	N = 206.98	N = 382.59	67.87
	P = 123.20	P = 123.63	27.50
	K = 215.00	K = 262.36	52.89
NPK content of shoot biomass (%)	N = 0.64	N = 0.74	6.39
	P = 0.33	P = 0.36	2.91
	K = 1.53	K = 1.82	18.54

T_(tab) = 2.353.