. 2021 Feb 12;11:568325. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2020.568325

TABLE 3.

Effects of seed biopriming and microbial intervention on root development and attributes in maize grown in Kharif season under nethouse experiments at 30 days of sowing.

Treatments	Surface area (cm²)	Projected area (cm²)	Root length (cm)	Length per volume (cm/m³)	Root volume (cm³)	Average diameter (mm)	Number of tips	Number of forks	Number of crossings
T₁—B. safensis MF-01	174.46^d	60.54^d	1033.25^d	1005.66^d	2.04^b	0.50^c	2605.62^c	4154.36^d	595.25^d
T₂—B. altitudinis MF-15	190.21^c	74.77^c	1265.75^b	1033.25^c	2.12^b	0.51^c	2500.01^d	4295.40^c	805.26^c
T₃—B. velezensis MF-08	221.84^b	78.57^b	1138.28^c	1138.82^b	2.78^b	0.54^b	2727.50^b	4410.25^b	859.45^b
T₄—B. safensis MF-01 + B. altitudinis MF-15 + B. velezensis MF-08	449.73^a	143.15^a	2151.01^a	2151.01^a	7.48^a	0.75^a	4889.29^a	7951.57^a	2296.45^a
T₅—Control (untreated)	131.54^e	41.87^e	756.77^e	756.77^e	1.82^b	0.48^d	2019.25^e	3021.45^e	388.36^e

Data with different letters show significant difference in column data in randomized block design test at p < 0.05 under Duncan’s multiple range test.