Figure 7.

Effect of selected bacterial consortia on the growth of tomato seeds at 25 and 14 °C in the biopriming assay. (a) Representative photograph of tomato seed growth inoculated with selected consortia at 25 °C. (b) Graphs of evaluated parameters of tomato seeds growth at 25 °C. (c) Representative photograph of tomato seed growth inoculated with selected consortia at 14 °C. (d) Graphs of evaluated parameters of tomato seeds growth at 14 °C. Each value is a mean ± SD of three independent replicates, with a total of 30 seeds per treatment. Significant differences were analyzed by the Kruskal–Wallis test followed by all pairwise multiple comparisons. 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.