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. 2020 Jan 24;10(2):65. doi: 10.1007/s13205-019-2046-4

Table 2.

Effect of PGPB inoculation containing ACC deaminase activity on growth attributes of finger millet plants under irrigated and drought conditions (Experiment I)

Treatments (I) Shoot length (cm) (II) Root length (cm) (III) Shoot dry weight (g) (IV) Root dry weight (g) (V) R/S ratio
Irrigated Drought Irrigated Drought Irrigated Drought Irrigated Drought Irrigated Drought
Control 38.11a 36.73A 13.70a 13.50A 0.14a 0.09A 0.13a 0.13A 0.96a 1.64B
RAA3 55.54c 50.88D 22.83d 18.44C 0.39e 0.24D 0.36e 0.26C 0.93a 1.09A
DPC12 53.93c 49.13D 20.72c 18.38C 0.34d 0.23D 0.31d 0.24C 0.91a 1.09A
DPB16 50.43bc 46.69C 19.88bc 16.75BC 0.33d 0.18C 0.28cd 0.19B 0.87a 1.09A
DPB15 49.06bc 45.09BC 20.69c 16.55BC 0.30cd 0.17BC 0.24bc 0.20B 0.79a 1.26AB
PSA7 47.80bc 44.5BC 18.85bc 17.38BC 0.23bc 0.15BC 0.22bc 0.18B 0.95a 1.25AB
PSB8 45.78b 44.25B 18.75bc 16.13B 0.21b 0.14B 0.22bc 0.18B 1.03a 1.38AB
R81 51.18c 47.88CD 20.65c 17.25BC 0.32d 0.17BC 0.28cd 0.20B 0.91a 1.20AB
DPB13 46.65bc 44.31BC 19.50bc 17.91C 0.27c 0.16BC 0.26c 0.19B 0.99a 1.33AB
UW4 48.51bc 44.84BC 19.94bc 16.88BC 0.29cd 0.11AB 0.25c 0.19B 0.89a 1.75B
DPC9 47.33bc 46.50C 18.43b 17.75BC 0.25bc 0.15BC 0.21bc 0.17B 0.86a 1.14AB

(I) shoot length, (II) root length, (III) shoot dry weight, (IV) root dry weight and (V) R/S ratio of root to shoot dry weight. Values are SEM of three replicates. Treatment means within columns with the different letters indicate statistically significant differences (p < 0.05) after DMRT