. 2020 Sep 18;11:2091. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2020.02091

TABLE 2.

Growth attributes of salinity-stressed wheat seedlings under the influence of the treatments with Nocardioides sp. and bacterial culture filtrate extract (BCFE).

EC (dS m^–1)	Treatment	Germinationa^a,%	Vigor index^b	Shoot length^c	Root length^d	Biomass^d	Shoot/root^e
0	Nocardioides sp.	92.50 ± 1.73^ab	1,700 ± 127.40ab	10.03 ± 0.39^ab	8.34 ± 0.98^b	0.014 ± 0.003 a-c	1.211 ± 0.102^ab
5		92.00 ± 3.27^ab	1,514.5 ± 169.29bc	8.24 ± 1.45^c	8.20 ± 0.16^b	0.015 ± 0.004^ab	1.006 ± 0.176^c
10		91.75 ± 2.50^ab	1,018.4 ± 195.60e	5.84 ± 1.36^d	5.25 ± 0.71^d	0.012 ± 0.001^bc	1.104 ± 0.114^bc
0	BCFE	94.00 ± 5.16^a	1,875 ± 138.08a	10.37 ± 0.52^a	9.58 ± 0.66^a	0.017 ± 0.002^a	1.084 ± 0.041^bc
5		94.00 ± 6.93^a	1,820.9 ± 167.89a	9.93 ± 0.47^ab	9.43 ± 0.32^a	0.017 ± 0.004^a	1.052 ± 0.029^bc
10		92.00 ± 7.30^ab	1,558 ± 156.94bc	8.98 ± 1.11^bc	7.96 ± 0.28^b	0.014 ± 0.001 a-c	1.132 ± 0.165^bc
0	Control	91.00 ± 3.83^ab	1,373 ± 109.50cd	8.56 ± 0.41^c	6.51 ± 0.62^c	0.011 ± 0.001^bc	1.325 ± 0.150^a
5		85.50 ± 7.55^bc	1,241.7 ± 179.55d	6.58 ± 0.52^d	7.90 ± 0.53^b	0.012 ± 0.001^c	0.832 ± 0.040^d
10		81.25 ± 1.89^c	764.5 ± 53.35^f	3.27 ± 0.31^e	6.14 ± 0.37^c	0.011 ± 0.002^c	0.534 ± 0.058^d
	Mean square error	24.796	22457.008	0.706	0.322	5.04E-006	0.012
	R²	0.465	0.879	0.902	0.888	0.610	0.835

Values in the same data series represented by different letters are significantly different (p = 0.05) in Duncan’s multiple-range test. ^aPercent of seeds successfully germinated. ^bSeedling length × germination percentage. ^cLength in millimeters. ^dWeight in milligrams (dry). ^eRatio obtained by dividing the shoot length with the root length.