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. 2019 Jan 24;19:40. doi: 10.1186/s12870-019-1649-6

Table 2.

Growth parameters of Anthurium after P. indica colonization from tissue culture to greenhouse

Days after transfer Treatment Root length (cm) Plant height (cm) Root FW (g) Stem FW (g) Leaf FW (g) Chlorophyll (mg/g) Area of 2nd leaf (cm2) Area of 3rd leaf (cm2) Root vigor (mg/g·h−1)
30 - P. indica 5.0 ± 0.3b 10.5 ± 0.2b 0.4 ± 0.1b 1.2 ± 0.1b 0.7 ± 0.0b 47.4 ± 0.5b 8.7 ± 0.6b 8.5 ± 0.6b 124.4 ± 0.7b
+ P. indica 8.6 ± 0.2a 12.8 ± 0.3a 1.2 ± 0.2a 2.1 ± 0.2a 1.5 ± 0.2a 51.5 ± 0.2a 15.6 ± 1.1a 14.7 ± 1.1a 527.4 ± 1.6a
45 - P. indica 5.8 ± 0.8b 12.1 ± 0.5b 1.5 ± 0.3a 1.7 ± 0.3a 1.1 ± 0.2b 45.7 ± 0.5b 8.2 ± 0.8b 10.2 ± 1.4b 145.8 ± 2.0b
+ P. indica 11.7 ± 0.9a 14.1 ± 0.4b 1.7 ± 0.2a 2.6 ± 0.2a 1.7 ± 0.2a 48.4 ± 0.5a 14.4 ± 1.2a 13.7 ± 1.6a 594.0 ± 1.8a
60 - P. indica 10.9 ± 0.7b 13.0 ± 0.2b 3.2 ± 0.4a 2.3 ± 0.2b 1.6 ± 0.1b 43.0 ± 0.6b 12.3 ± 0.9b 10.4 ± 0.8a 152.1 ± 1.3b
+ P. indica 14.2 ± 0.7a 17.0 ± 0.5a 3.5 ± 0.5a 3.3 ± 0.3a 2.1 ± 0.2a 48.1 ± 0.6a 16.2 ± 0.9a 16.1 ± 1.2a 612.1 ± 3.9a

Data are based on 3 independent experiments. The errors are SDs. Values in a column followed by different letters are significantly different at P < 0.05 according to the Duncan’s multiple range test

Significant differences (p<0.05) are indicated in different letters (a, b)