Table 4.

Primary root lengths of 15-day-old tomato seedlings inoculates with formulated rhizobacterial consortia.

Inoculation time	Consortium	Primary root lengths (cm)
Pre-sowing	Control	5.5 ± 0.5* b†
	A	3.1 ± 0.5 c
	B	7.6 ± 0.2 a
	C	6.8 ± 0.2 a
Sowing	Control	5.6 ± 0.3 c
	A	3.8 ± 0.2 d
	B	8.1 ± 0.3 a
	C	6.9 ± 0.2 b

*Values represent the means ± standard deviation of 10 seeds per treatment.

^†Different letter in each column denote significant differences (P ≤ 0.05) by ANOVA followed by Tukey’s post-hoc test.