Table 3.
Morphological and physical parameters studied after inoculation a bacterial suspension (108 CFU) was sprayed on the leaf's surface.
| Treatments | SFW (g) | SDW (g) | RFW (g) | RDW (g) | SL(cm) | RL (cm) | RLWC (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Control (−ve) | 1.38ef | 0.63g | 0.64h | 0.43h | 33.33cd | 14cd | 64.64a |
| Bacillus safensis | 2.20cde | 1.84c | 0.83c | 0.65b | 44a | 12.5de | 52.58b |
| Pseudomonas sp. | 3.51bc | 1.43e | 1.03a | 0.56c | 33.33cd | 15.5cd | 29.98b |
| Enterococcus faecalis | 1.95a | 1.356d | 0.76f | 0.62c | 38.75b | 16.41bc | 15.54b |
| Bacillus megaterium | 1.51de | 1.128cd | 0.65e | 0.56d | 37.583b | 10.35e | 34.057b |
| Pseudomonas aeruginosa | 1.803ef | 1.45e | 1.41g | 0.614e | 36.1bc | 14.086cd | 72.22b |
| Brevibacillus borstelensis | 0.87ef | 0.616f | 0.683j | 0.492hi | 14.33g | 14.6cd | 17.39b |
| Staphylococcus haemolyticus | 1.05bcd | 0.543e | 0.95i | 0.576i | 24.5e | 22a | 81.78b |
| Enterobacter hormaechei | 2.105b | 1.0028cd | 1.125d | 0.627f | 33.75cd | 18.916b | 80.780b |
| Bacillus cereus | 2.226a | 1.159b | 1.443c | 3.141e | 31.41d | 15.766c | 57.522b |
| Proteus mirabilis | 1.56f | 0.9006h | 0.523g | 0.315g | 21.75f | 12.41de | 39.89b |
| Fisher’s LSD | 0.185 | 3.32 | 5.0432 | 7.629 | 2.615 | 2.775 | 18.927 |
Values in the same column accompanied by lower-case letters do not differ significantly (P <0.05) as per Fisher's least significant difference (LSD) method.