Table 1.

Growth-promoting effect of isolates ALT11, ALT12, and ALT30 on rice growth under normal conditions and 70 and 140 mM NaCl stress.

	Shoot length (cm)	Root length (cm)	Fresh weight (3 Plant/g)	Dry weight (3 plant/g)
Plants without stress
Control	35.0 ± 2.0b	11.0 ± 0.3c	13.4 ± 0.5b	4.8 ± 0.1b
Isolate ALT11	41.3 ± 2.5a	14.0 ± 0.5a	17.2 ± 1.1a	6.2 ± 0.4a
Isolate ALT12	40.6 ± 1.5a	13.0 ± 0.3b	17.3 ± 0.7a	6.5 ± 0.5a
Isolate ALT30	39.5 ± 1.3a	13.1 ± 0.3b	17.0 ± 1.0a	6.3 ± 0.7a
70 and 140 mM NaCl stress
70 mM NaCl	27.0 ± 1.0d,e	7.9 ± 0.4e	7.4 ± 0.5d	0.69 ± 0.1c,d
70 mM+ALT1	32.0 ± 2.0c	10.1 ± 0.3d	10.0 ± 1.0c	1.1 ± 0.1c
70 mM+ALT12	34.3 ± 1.5b,c	10.2 ± 0.2d	10.4 ± 1.0c	1.1 ± 0.1c
70 mM+ALT30	32.3 ± 2.5b,c	10.1 ± 0.3d	10.8 ± 0.8c	1.1 ± 0.2c
140 mM NaCl stress
140 mM NaCl	20.0 ± 1.0g	4.9 ± 0.3g	4.5 ± 0.5f	0.30 ± 0.05e
140 mM+ALT1	25.0 ± 1.0f	6.9 ± 0.4f	6.4 ± 0.5e	0.5 ± 0.02d
140 mM+ALT12	29.3 ± 0.5d	6.9 ± 0.3f	6.9 ± 1.0e	0.50 ± 0.01d
140 mM+ALT30	28 ± 1.0d	7.8 ± 0.5e	5.9 ± 0.3ef	0.47 ± 0.02d

Different letters indicate significant differences between the mean values of three replicates ± standard deviation.