. 2020 Oct 22;6(10):e05325. doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2020.e05325

Table 5.

Effect of bacterial isolates on leaf variables.

Bacterial Isolates	Leaf number	Leaf area (cm²)	Relative water content (%)	Leaf dry matter content
RR1	9 ± 1.203^a	3.540 ± 0.467^ab	79.349 ± 2.029^ab	0.092 ± 0.004
RR2	13 ± 1.455^a	2.680 ± 0.798^ab	82.447 ± 5.396^b	0.097 ± 0.009
RR3	12 ± 0.883^a	1.495 ± 0.377^a	72.094 ± 8.697^ab	0.088 ± 0.008
RR4	11 ± 0.334^a	2.730 ± 0.964^ab	77.848 ± 3.917^ab	0.084 ± 0.008
RR5	12 ± 2.084^a	1.820 ± 0.695^ab	79.384 ± 1.045^ab	0.097 ± 0.003
RR6	9 ± 1.203^a	2.493 ± 0.713^ab	79.190 ± 1.967^ab	0.106 ± 0.010
RR7	11 ± 1.734^a	4.365 ± 1.705^b	79.739 ± 4.938^ab	0.092 ± 0.004
RR8	10 ± 1.529^a	3.200 ± 0.642^ab	72.065 ± 11.436^ab	0.075 ± 0.011
RR9	11 ± 0.883^a	2.525 ± 0.104^ab	82.913 ± 2.792^b	0.075 ± 0.004
RR10	12 ± 0.000^a	3.378 ± 1.036^ab	84.035 ± 0.446^b	0.085 ± 0.003
RR11	10 ± 2.002^a	3.780 ± 0.803^ab	82.535 ± 2.913^b	0.088 ± 0.007
RR12	11 ± 1.203^a	2.088 ± 0.525^ab	84.161 ± 1.915^b	0.084 ± 0.002
Control	8 ± 2.188^a	1.743 ± 0.610^ab	63.422 ± 4.429^a	0.082 ± 0.001

Values are mean of three replicates ± SE. Significant of variance (p < 0.05) is analyzed by Duncan grouping. Values within the same column with different letters are significantly different.