Table 2.
Effects of inoculation treatment and biopriming with strain EN21 on tomato plants. Length and dry weight values are expressed as the mean ± SD. * indicates statistically significant differences between treated plants and control (p ≤ 0.05).
| Inoculation Treatment | Biopriming + Inoculation Treatment | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Control | EN21 | Control | EN21 | |
| Root length (cm) | 11.9 ± 1.2 | 11.8 ± 1.4 | 12.3 ± 2.2 | 12.1 ± 1.7 |
| Shoot length (cm) | 18.2 ± 2.8 | 20.0 ± 2.1 | 19.3 ± 1.6 | 21.3 ± 1.6 * |
| Total length (cm) | 30.1 ± 2.6 | 31.8 ± 1.7 | 31.6 ± 2.6 | 33.4 ± 2.7 |
| Root dry weight (g) | 0.028 ± 0.013 | 0.038 ± 0.012 | 0.017 ± 0.004 | 0.027 ± 0.011 * |
| Shoot dry weight (g) | 0.121 ± 0.084 | 0.173 ± 0.051 | 0.218 ± 0.098 | 0.466 ± 0.071 * |
| Total dry weight (g) | 0.149 ± 0.090 | 0.211 ± 0.062 | 0.234 ± 0.101 | 0.493 ± 0.080 * |