Figure 6.

Effects of selected bacterial consortia on tomato plant growth. Tomato seedlings were arranged in peat pots and inoculated every 2 weeks in roots and at the leaves. (a) Representative photograph of tomato plants assay. (b) Graphs of parameters evaluated for tomato plants growth. Each value is a mean ± SD of seven independent replicates. Significant differences were analyzed by one-way ANOVA followed by LSD Fisher test. Means with different letters indicate significant differences (p < 0.05). Abbreviations: NC, negative control; PC, positive control (Nutrisac); BC1-3, bacterial consortium 1, 2, and 3, respectively.