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

TABLE 7.

Effects of seed biopriming and microbial intervention on physiological traits in maize grown in Summer and Kharif season under field conditions at 45 days of sowing.

Treatments	Leaf area index	Mean crop growth rate (g/m²/day)	Mean relative growth rate (mg/g/day)	Mean net assimilation rate (g/m² leaf area/day)
Summer maize
T₁—B. safensis MF-01	2.05^b	11.27^c	13.50^b	4.50^b
T₂—B. altitudinis MF-15	2.15^b	12.50^b	13.75^b	4.45^b
T₃—B. velezensis MF-08	2.25^b	12.66^b	13.05^c	4.25^bc
T₄—B. safensis MF-01 + B. altitudinis MF-15 + B. velezensis MF-08	2.66^a	15.10^a	15.75^a	5.86^a
T₅—Control (untreated)	1.86^bc	10.05^d	12.47^d	3.85^d
Kharif maize
T₁—B. safensis MF-01	2.75^c	14.35^c	17.25^b	5.79^c
T₂—B. altitudinis MF-15	2.81^b	15.06^b	18.46^c	5.85^c
T₃—B. velezensis MF-08	2.89^b	15.33^b	17.75^b	6.05^b
T₄—B. safensis MF-01 + B. altitudinis MF-15 + B. velezensis MF-08	3.50^a	20.45^a	21.76^a	8.02^a
T₅—Control (untreated)	2.55^d	12.46^d	15.67^d	5.25^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.