. 2020 Aug 7;11:1137. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2020.01137

Table 2 .

Effect of inoculum on different growth parameters and phosphorus (P) content of barley plants.

Plant growth parameters	Treatment		Significance
Plant growth parameters	S. roseocinereus MS1B15	Control	Significance
Shoot length (cm/plant)	62.13 ± 0.59^a	51.75 ± 2.20^b	**
Ear length (cm/plant)	6.46 ± 0.20^a	5.85 ± 0.13^b	**
Culms’ number/pot	34.00 ± 0.58^b	37.17 ± 0.10^a	**
Ears’ number/pot	33.00 ± 0.58^a	25.50 ± 0.29^b	**
Leaves’ number/pot	149.00 ± 0.58^b	161.00 ± 1.73^a	**
Shoot fresh weight (g/pot)	122.29 ± 4.90^a	115.05 ± 2.16^a	n.s.
Ear fresh weight (g/pot)	40.57 ± 0.47^a	38.46 ± 1.11^a	n.s.
Shoot dry weight (g/pot)	43.63 ± 1.63^a	42.11 ± 0.41^a	n.s.
Ear dry weight (g/pot)	14.71 ± 0.12^a	13.63 ± 0.44^a	n.s.
P-culm (mg/kg)	713.20 ± 19.40^a	768.65 ± 29.24^a	n.s.
P-ears (mg/kg)	1,811.25 ± 71.16^a	1,553.97 ± 91.97^b	*
P-leaves (mg/kg)	4,071.50 ± 29.39^a	3,638.40 ± 86.60^b	**

The values are means of 12 plants obtained from three experimental replicates. Within each variable different letters indicate significant differences between treatments. Significance: *P < 0.05; **P < 0.01; n.s., not significant.