. 2021 Nov 2;12:719504. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2021.719504

TABLE 6.

Growth attributes of maize grown with Mn solubilizing bacterial strains under soil cultured pot trial.

Mn-solubilizing Strains	Chlorophyll Contents (SPAD value)	Plant height (cm)	Root length (cm)	Shoot dry weight (g)	Root dry weight (g)
Control	42.25 ± 0.35^d	144.00 ± 2.64^c	68.50 ± 0.57^e	34.30 ± 0.30^c	8.85 ± 0.35^b
ASH6	51.53 ± 0.51^abc	170.00 ± 2.41^ab	77.00 ± 1.41^d	38.50 ± 0.50^ab	10.05 ± 0.45^a
ASH11	49.56 ± 0.76^c	169.00 ± 1.87^ab	87.50 ± 1.58^b	40.00 ± 1.11^a	10.40 ± 0.79^a
ASH19	53.37 ± 0.47^a	170.50 ± 2.45^a	92.00 ± 1.44^a	39.00 ± 1.01^a	10.40 ± 0.45^a
ASH20	52.12 ± 0.42^ab	170.00 ± 2.16^ab	86.00 ± 1.17^b	35.50 ± 0.56^c	10.70 ± 0.72^a
ASH22	50.50 ± 0.50^bc	167.50 ± 1.98^b	80.50 ± 0.77^c	36.50 ± 0.67^bc	10.20 ± 0.41^a
LSD	2.00	3.20	3.39	2.38	0.70

Maize seeds inoculated with MSB were grown in soil cultured pot trial along with native soil Mn. The chlorophyll contents in terms of SPAD values were observed from the second top leaf of maize at the cob formation stage, however, the other growth attributes were recorded at the time of physiological maturity; Data presented here are the mean of three replications ± standard error; the means in a vertical line for each attributes sharing the common letters were considered statistical similar to each other and the least significant difference (LSD) test was performed at 5% (p ≤ 0.05) probability level.