Figure 3.

Effect of seven rhizobacterial isolates, a commercial Bacillus licheniformis strain (CBli) and a CMC control on tomato plants in MS medium after 15 days of treatment: root length (A), shoot length (B), and dry weight (C). Values represent mean (n = 3), and the vertical lines represent ±standard error of the mean. For each of the growth response, i.e., root length, shoot length and dry weight, statistical analysis has been performed using one-way ANOVA followed by Dunnett's post-hoc test for multiple mean comparisons. ∗∗∗ highly significant, ∗∗ moderately significant, ∗ less significant compared to CMC control (p < 0.05).