Table 3.

Effect of PSR strains and its consortia on seed germination and vegetative growth of Trigonella foenum-graecum L.

PSR strains	Seed germination (%)	Root length (cm)	Shoot length (cm)	Fresh weight (g)		Dry weight (g)
				Root wt.	Shoot wt.	Root wt.	Shoot wt.
S1	76.87	2.03∗	4.26ns	0.0050ns	0.013ns	0.003∗	0.0050ns
S2	74.00	2.06∗	6.10∗	0.017∗∗	0.086∗	0.007∗∗	0.0076∗∗
S3	75.00	2.13∗	6.00∗	0.0103∗∗	0.080∗	0.004∗	0.0070∗∗
C1	78.90	1.23ns	7.10∗	0.056∗	0.077∗	0.005∗	0.0060∗
C2	80.10	2.23∗	8.00∗∗	0.063∗∗	0.082∗	0.007∗	0.0060∗
C3	80.00	2.33∗	8.63∗∗	0.066∗	0.112∗∗	0.004∗	0.0080∗∗
C4	99.75	2.43∗∗	8.66∗∗	0.076∗	0.078∗	0.0016ns	0.0056∗
Control	61.52	0.700	5.033	0.0036	0.0443	0.0013	0.0026
CD at 1%		2.234	2.214	0.0053	0.0446	0.0038	0.0035
CD at 5%		1.610	1.596	0.0038	0.0321	0.0021	0.0025

Abbreviations S1, S2, S3, C1, C2, C3, C4 (as described in Table 1), Control = Without any biological agent; CD = Critical Difference, Value are mean of 3 randomly selected plants from each set. ٭٭ significant at 1%, ٭significant at 5 %; ns = non-significant. as compared to control (non-bacterized seeds).