. 2021 Jan 18;11:618601. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2020.618601

TABLE 4.

Growth parameters of wheat seedlings inoculated with strains within Paenibacillus polymyxa complex.

Treatments	Seed germination (%)*	Root length (mm)*	Shoot length (mm)*	Dry weight (mg)*
Control without inoculation	77.8 ± 2.2^b	72.6 ± 6.2^c	70.0 ± 5.0^b	22.8 ± 0.9^c
P. peoriae CGMCC 1.3761^T	88.9 ± 2.2^a	102.7 ± 6.7^ab	85.0 ± 3.6^ab	27.3 ± 0.6^ab
P. peoriae RP20	80.0 ± 3.9^a	78.0 ± 5.2^cd	76.3 ± 7.8^ab	25.1 ± 0.7^bc
P. peoriae RP51	88.9 ± 4.4^a	107.8 ± 8.8^a	88.7 ± 2.5^a	28.3 ± 0.4^a
P. peoriae RP62	84.4 ± 5.9^a	96.4 ± 8.6^abc	80.0 ± 4.8^ab	27.3 ± 0.8^ab
P. peoriae CFCC 1854	66.6 ± 6.7^b	23.4 ± 5.6^e	43.4 ± 7.4^c	14.6 ± 0.9^e
Paenibacillus sp. RP31	84.5 ± 2.2^a	108.7 ± 3.4^a	90.7 ± 2.2^a	28.5 ± 0.3^a
P. kribbensis CFCC 1865	82.2 ± 2.2^a	84.8 ± 5.6^bcd	69.9 ± 2.4^b	20.1 ± 0.8^d

*Data are presented as mean value ± standard error. The different letters following the values in the same column indicate significant difference between the treatments at p < 0.05.