TABLE 3.
Evaluation of E. roggenkampii ED5 strain on the plant growth parameters of sugarcane under greenhouse conditions after inoculation at 30 and 60 days.
| Parameters | Sugarcane cultivar GT11 |
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| Control | Treatment | Control | Treatment | |
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30 days |
60 days |
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| Chlorophyll (SPAD units) | 13.40 ± 0.20d | 15.09 0.23d | 28.60 ± 0.43c | 32.04 ± 0.48cd |
| Leaf Area (cm2) | 312.62 ± 4.69a | 492.43 ± 7.39a | 670.93 ± 10.07a | 727.75 ± 10.92a |
| Height (cm) | 21.07 ± 0.32c | 22.58 ± 0.34c | 25.09 ± 0.38c | 24.08 ± 0.36d |
| Root Weight (g) | 1.30 ± 0.02f | 1.91 ± 0.03e | 8.83 ± 0.13d | 9.63 ± 0.14e |
| Shoot Weight (g) | 2.41 ± 0.04ef | 4.11 ± 0.06e | 21.57 ± 0.32c | 26.29 ± 0.39cd |
| Photosynthesis (μmol m–2 s–1) | 5.48 ± 0.08e | 26.48 ± 0.40c | 9.23 ± 0.14d | 33.41 ± 0.50c |
| Transpiration rate (mmol m–2 s–1) | 1.07 ± 0.02f | 1.25 ± 0.02e | 1.17 ± 0.02e | 2.45 ± 0.04e |
| gsw-stomatal conductance (mmol m–2 s–1) | 27.47 ± 0.41b | 43.96 ± 0.66b | 39.30 ± 0.59b | 75.21 ± 1.13b |
| SEM | 1.18 | 1.86 | 2.53 | 2.75 |
| CD (P = 0.05) | 3.54 | 5.58 | 7.58 | 8.26 |
| CV (%) | 4.30 | 4.20 | 4.40 | 4.10 |
Means with the same alphabets inside a column are not significantly different (p ≤ 0.05) according to DMRT (Duncan’s Multiple Range Test). SEM, standard error of the difference between means; CD, critical difference; CV, coefficient of variation.