Table 5a.

Effect of PSRB direct inoculum (without alginate beads) on growth of wheat in laboratory.

Strains	Direct a inoculum
	R.L	S.L	F.R.W	F.S.W	D.R.W	D.S.W
Control	9.8 ± 1.2a	15.2 ± 0.7a	0.110 ± 0.1a	0.160 ± 0.2a	0.077 ± 0.1a	0.112 ± 0.3a
WumS-3	13.8 ± 1.2d	25.0 ± 2.9e	0.175 ± 0.0f	0.195 ± 0.3d	0.105 ± 0.0b	0.150 ± 0.00ef
WumS-4	19.0 ± 0.5h	23.2 ± 1.2c	0.189 ± 0.2g	0.182 ± 0.1c	0.140 ± 0.2d	0.132 ± 0.01c
WumS-5	15.8 ± 0.4e	25.0 ± 0.3e	0.147 ± 0.2d	0.178 ± 0.1b	0.109 ± 0.4b	0.120 ± 0.01b
WumS-11	16.6 ± 0.4f	28.0 ± 0.2i	0.182 ± 0.0g	0.188 ± 0.4c	0.115 ± 0.0c	0.118 ± 0.00a
WumS-12	13.6 ± 1.1d	25.0 ± 1.0e	0.154 ± 0.1e	0.342 ± 0.1f	0.110 ± 0.1bc	0.200 ± 0.01f
WumS-21	15.8 ± 0.2e	21.6 ± 0.6b	0.159 ± 0.1e	0.190 ± 0.5d	0.112 ± 0.4c	0.113 ± 0.00a
WumS-24	16.2 ± 0.7f	27.6 ± 0.6g	0.156 ± 0.1e	0.161 ± 0.1a	0.100 ± 0.7b	0.117 ± 0.01a
WumS-25	12.2 ± 0.5c	24.6 ± 0.4d	0.136 ± 0.0c	0.162 ± 0.1a	0.102 ± 0.9b	0.115 ± 0.01a
WumS-26	11.4 ± 0.2b	29.2 ± 0.4j	0.187 ± 0.2g	0.167 ± 0.2a	0.113 ± 0.3c	0.130 ± 0.02c
WumS-28	13.6 ± 0.4d	27.0 ± 0.3g	0.125 ± 0.0b	0.224 ± 0.1e	0.101 ± 0.3b	0.134 ± 0.01c
Consortium 3,4,5,11,12 strains	13.2 ± 0.7d	29.0 ± 0.6j	0.234 ± 0.3hi	0.192 ± 0.1d	0.178 ± 0.5f	0.122 ± 0.01b
Consortium21,24,25,26,28 strains	18.8 ± 0.4g	24.0 ± 0.2d	0.213 ± 0.1hi	0.233 ± 0.1e	0.150 ± 0.6de	0.112 ± 0.01a
Consortium all strains	16.6 ± 0.2f	29.4 ± 0.5j	0.206 ± 0.1h	0.234 ± 0.1e	0.104 ± 0.2b	0.140 ± 0.01e

Values are the mean of n = 5; Data was expressed with standard error of means, The significant difference among different PSRB strain and control plants was expressed as different letters by using Duncan’s multiple range test, sharing the same letter do not differ significantly at the means of (P < 0.05). Symbols: L.R: length of root; L.S = length of shoot; D.W.R = dry weight of root; D.W.S = dry weight of shoot.