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. 2019 Apr 1;35(2):137–148. doi: 10.5423/PPJ.OA.06.2018.0104

Table 9.

Effect of bacterial isolates on growth parameters of tomato (cv. Ratan)

Growth parameters	Bacterial inoculums (2015–16)			Bacterial inoculums (2016–17)

	Uninoculated	Prd2	Prb1	Uninoculated	Prd2	Prb1
Height (cm)	00 61 ± 4.04^b	00 83 ± 2.51^a	00 62 ± 5.29^b	00 60 ± 1.73^bc	00 64 ± 3.05^ab	00 56 ± 2.64^c
Leaf area (cm²)	0 215 ± 8.54^b	0 384 ± 5.68^a	0 222 ± 2.15^b	0 486 ± 7.81^a	0 450 ± 5.13^a	0 415 ± 8.80^a
Leaves no./plant	00 37 ± 4.16^a	00 37 ± 8.18^a	00 45 ± 0.57^a	00 29 ± 1.52^a	00 13 ± 2.00^b	00 28 ± 4.35^a
Root length (cm)	00 20 ± 1.00^a	020.2 ± 3.05^a	00 20 ± 1.52^a	014.9 ± 2.51^a	00 11 ± 2.51^a	00 14 ± 1.73^a
Root fresh weight (g/plant)	03.25 ± 0.58^c	16.99 ± 1.00^a	03.95 ± 0.58^b	017.5 ± 2.64^a	009.6 ± 1.52^b	06.59 ± 1.15^b
Shoot fresh weight (g/plant)	040.4 ± 1.70^a	48.10 ± 4.93^a	42.47 ± 7.81^a	52.32 ± 5.56^a	62.63 ± 4.04^a	65.46 ± 6.80^a
Root dry weight (g/plant)	01.43 ± 0.58^b	08.74 ± 1.52^a	02.39 ± 1.73^b	08.25 ± 2.00^a	06.09 ± 1.52^a	004.4 ± 1.15^a
Shoot dry weight (g/plant)	7.042 ± 1.15^a	15.71 ± 3.51^a	08.97 ± 2.64^a	09.71 ± 1.73^a	28.89 ± 9.01^a	22.54 ± 2.08^a
Chlorophyll a (mg/g)	1.211 ± 1.73^a	1.670 ± 0.58^a	1.745 ± 0.58^a	1.366 ± 0.58^a	1.366 ± 1.00^a	0.832 ± 0.00^a
Chlorophyll b (mg/g)	0.737 ± 0.00^a	0.959 ± 0.13^a	1.022 ± 1.00^a	0.652 ± 0.00^a	0.366 ± 0.170^a	0.452 ± 0.00^a
Total chlorophyll (mg/g)	1.676 ± 0.58^a	2.226 ± 1.15^a	2.373 ± 1.52^a	1.698 ± 0.58^a	0.925 ± 1.00^a	1.143 ± 0.58^a
Carotenoids (mg/g)	5.044 ± 1.15^a	6.604 ± 1.52^a	7.060 ± 0.577^a	5.662 ± 1.00^a	2.937 ± 1.15^ab	3.931 ± 0.58^ab

Values are the means (± SEM) of three replications. Means in a column with similar letter(s) are not significantly different at 0.05 level.