Fig. 2.

Growth promotion in glasshouse radish plants inoculated with amidated pectin dried beads containing pre-conditioning K. radicincitans cells by osmoadaptation at 1% NaCl, 4% NaCl and 4% NaCl + hydroxyectoine [1 mM]. A) Fresh mass of tuber and leaves. Fresh tuber mass (F_{4, 39} = 1.47, P = 0.2321); leaves fresh mass (F_4,39 = 3.15, P = 0.0259) B) Dried mass of tuber and leaves. Dry tuber mass (F_{4, 39} = 9.66, P < 0.0001) and dry leaves mass (F_{4, 39} = 7.74, P = 0.001). C). Tuber diameter after 5 weeks of planting (F_{4, 39} = 7.64, P = 0.0002). D). Glasshouse-grown radish plants inoculated with pre-conditioned K. radicincitans cells encapsulated in amidated pectin dried beads. Beads control (without bacterium), beads with pre-conditioned bacterial cells in DM at 4% NaCl and DM at 4% NaCl with the addition of hydroxyectoine [1 mM]. Different letters represent significant differences according to post hoc Dunnett’s test. at p < 0.05 (means ± SD, n = 8).