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

TABLE 4.

Effects of seed biopriming and microbial intervention on plant growth parameters in maize grown in Summer and Kharif season under nethouse experiments at 45 days of sowing.

Treatments	Shoot length (cm)	Root length (cm)	Number of leaves plant^–1	Fresh wt. of shoot (g)	Fresh wt. of root (g)	Dry wt. of shoot (g)	Dry wt. of root (g)
Summer maize
T₁—B. safensis MF-01	27.33^c	24.16^b	4.06^c	9.39^b	3.66^c	1.41^d	1.25^c
T₂—B. altitudinis MF-15	27.66^c	20.73^c	4.33^c	8.06^c	4.09^c	1.85^c	1.33^c
T₃—B. velezensis MF-08	34.03^b	25.06^b	5.08^b	10.66^b	5.50^b	2.05^b	1.45^b
T₄—B. safensis MF-01 + B. altitudinis MF-15 + B. velezensis MF-08	45.35^a	40.36^a	7.48^a	16.44^a	8.33^a	3.56^a	2.50^a
T₅—Control (untreated)	24.26^d	16.23^d	3.15^d	8.60^c	3.05^d	1.05^e	0.95^d
Kharif maize
T₁—B. safensis MF-01	32.50^d	28.46^b	6.45^c	10.25^b	5.05^b	1.62^c	1.33^c
T₂—B. altitudinis MF-15	34.75^c	25.55^c	6.55^c	10.45^b	5.50^b	1.95^b	1.46^b
T₃—B. velezensis MF-08	36.46^b	29.05^b	7.25^b	9.37^b	5.33^b	2.05^b	1.55^b
T₄—B. safensis MF-01 + B. altitudinis MF-15 + B. velezensis MF-08	48.25^a	42.33^a	9.05^a	15.44^a	10.50^a	4.75^a	3.03^a
T₅—Control (untreated)	26.25^e	20.23^d	4.15^d	7.05^c	3.06^c	1.25^d	1.05^d

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.