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

TABLE 3.

Biochemical characteristics of wheat seedlings treated with Nocardioides sp. and its bacterial culture filtrate extract (BCFE) under various salinity stress conditions.

		Protein^a		Phenolic compounds^a		Sugar^a
EC (dS m^–1)	Treatment	Shoot	Root	Shoot	Root	Shoot	Root
0	Nocardioides sp.	34.640 ± 1.110^c	23.095 ± 1.541 b-d	1.195 ± 0.121 b-d	1.068 ± 0.109^ab	52.40 ± 1.19^d	67.96 ± 4.11^c
5		31.770 ± 1.200^d	25.215 ± 1.849 a-c	1.245 ± 0.052 a-c	1.045 ± 0.097^bc	52.92 ± 0.98^d	59.69 ± 2.40^d
10		36.723 ± 0.746^bc	25.728 ± 2.576^ab	1.300 ± 0.086^ab	1.073 ± 0.121^ab	64.49 ± 2.39^b	60.56 ± 2.71^d
0	BCFE	38.163 ± 0.896^b	26.115 ± 2.357^ab	1.318 ± 0.087^ab	1.203 ± 0.068^ab	56.06 ± 2.97^c	71.91 ± 2.23^b
5		42.003 ± 0.978^a	28.953 ± 3.570^a	1.348 ± 0.057^a	1.218 ± 0.093^a	58.75 ± 2.98^c	65.56 ± 0.79^c
10		42.013 ± 0.834^a	28.758 ± 2.511^a	1.315 ± 0.097^ab	1.208 ± 0.059^ab	73.58 ± 0.80^a	77.17 ± 1.01^a
0	Control	26.380 ± 1.586^e	21.308 ± 2.497^de	1.025 ± 0.111^e	0.908 ± 0.162^c	45.00 ± 2.21^e	50.59 ± 2.72^f
5		24.630 ± 2.994^ef	18.370 ± 1.823^e	1.108 ± 0.079^de	0.890 ± 0.109^c	51.87 ± 2.73^d	55.88 ± 2.63^e
10		23.123 ± 2.486^f	21.823 ± 1.805 c-e	1.135 ± 0.037 c-e	0.893 ± 0.078^c	51.93 ± 1.70^d	57.86 ± 1.93^de
	Mean square error	2.593	5.539	0.007	0.011	4.644	6.093
	R²	0.960	0.0727	0.673	0.670	0.947	0.932

Values in the same data series represented by different letters are significantly different (p = 0.05) in Duncan’s multiple-range test. ^aConcentration in milligram per gram of fresh tissue.