Table 2.

Blueberry plants (var. Biloxi) growth promotion by the inoculation of Bacillus toyonensis COPE52 in greenhouse assay

Variables	Control	Bacillus toyonensis COPE52
Shoot length (cm)	23.8 ± 0.97	29.4 ± 0.50*
Root lenght (cm)	12.0 ± 0.52	13.4 ± 0.35
Chlorophil content (U)	13.3 ± 1.81	26.0 ± 2.21*
Fresh weight of shoot (g)	2.5 ± 0.28	3.8 ± 0.14*
Dry weight of shoot (g)	0.7 ± 0.07	1.1 ± 0.03*
Fresh weight of root (g)	0.3 ± 0.07	2.1 ± 0.18*
Dry weight of root (g)	0.2 ± 0.03	0.5 ± 0.03*

Values shown are the mean of ten independent replicates with ± standard errors values. Asterisks indicate significant differences according to t Student test (p ≤ 0.05)