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Table 5.

Effect of bacterial inoculations on the growth properties of maize plants.

	Root length (cm)	Fresh weight (mg)		Dry weight (mg)
Bacterial treatments		Shoot	Root	Shoot	Root
Control	7.5 ± 0.85^c	535.8 ± 37.2^b	1011.6 ± 56.0^b	80.5 ± 3.2^c	222.3 ± 8.0^c
Tp.1B	11.5 ± 0.57^a	647.5 ± 22.2^a	1137.3 ± 30.8^a	129.1 ± 4.0 a	328.3 ± 5.2^a
Tp.6B	10.45 ± 0.59^a	636.1 ± 16.0^a	1143.3 ± 18.6^a	110.7 ± 3.7^b	310.8 ± 4.8^b
Mix.1-6B	11.85 ± 1.2^a	643.0 ± 15.6^a	1169.8 ± 19.3^a	129.3 ± 6.9^a	332.0 ± 4.4^a

Values within the same column with different letters are significantly different (P ≤ 0.05) by LSD test, values are means ± SD (n = 6–10). Control is non bacterial inoculated plants; Mix.1-6B, bacterial consortium formed of a mix of bacterial isolates Tp.1B and Tp.6B.