Table 4.
Effects of inoculation with the four ACC deaminase- and EPS-producing bacteria on growth parameters of foxtail millet seedlings.
| Treatments | Non-stressed |
Drought-stressed |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DWa | RAS/Rb | Soil moisture (%) | DW | RAS/R | Soil moisture (%) | |
| No inoculated | 0.057a (±0.004) | 34.31a (±3.17) | 10.14a (±0.81) | 0.027a (±0.005) | 47.49a (±7.44) | 3.03a (±0.20) |
| DR7 | 0.066ab (±0.013) | 60.24c (±10.78) | 19.80c (±3.32) | 0.060c (±0.005) | 79.53b (±10.06) | 4.32b (±0.21) |
| DR11 | 0.060ab (±0.010) | 41.21ab (±4.97) | 11.63ab (±1.47) | 0.044b (±0.006) | 60.79ab (±6.17) | 3.68ab (±0.91) |
| DR16 | 0.057a (±0.006) | 48.89bc (±6.15) | 13.41ab (±1.82) | 0.047b (±0.007) | 76.07b (±18.91) | 3.78ab (±0.38) |
| DR35 | 0.076b (±0.012) | 54.30c (±5.58) | 14.63b (±1.05) | 0.048b (±0.006) | 65.97b (±7.36) | 3.98ab (±0.52) |
a Dry weight.
b Root associated soil/root.
Mean values with different letters are significantly different at the 5% probability level (mean ± SD).