TABLE 2.
Pairwise comparisons using Fischer’s LSD test (n = 10) of wheat and maize root system architecture with and without plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR) inoculation, analyzed using WinRHIZO software.
| Host plant | Treatment | Root length (cm) | Root surface area (cm2) | Average diameter (mm) | Number of root tips | Number of root branching |
| Wheat | Bacillus sp. 12D6 | 165.40A | 11.88 | 0.248 | 676.2 | 604.6A |
| Enterobacter sp. 16i | 161.49AB | 12.08 | 0.236 | 628.3 | 544.8A | |
| Control | 126.81B | 9.35 | 0.233 | 513.8 | 399.8B | |
| Maize | Bacillus sp. 12D6 | 323.94B | 40.49A | 0.399B | 1149.8A | 1299.6B |
| Enterobacter sp. 16i | 370.16A | 42.55A | 0.367A | 1098.2A | 1600.4A | |
| Control | 271.31C | 35.44B | 0.417B | 890.1B | 1181.6B |
Means in the same column of each host plant with the same letter are not significantly different at P = 0.05.