Table 6.
Physiological parameters studied after inoculation a bacterial suspension (108 CFU) sprayed on the leaf's surface.
| Treatments | Proline | Protein | Phenolic | Flavonoids | Chlorophyll a | Chlorophyll b | Carotenoids | TSS (mg/g) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Uninoculated control | 11.64ab | 2.65d | 1.35a | 15.42a–c | 0.15a | 3.45a | 9.68bc | 22.96a |
| Bacillus safensis | 13.85ab | 2.30ab | 1.43ab | 19.29c | 0.11b–e | 3.91a | 6.51cde | 15.27b |
| Pseudomonas sp. | 10.47ab | 2.02ab | 1.52a | 19.10a | 0.12a-d | 2.21d | 6.48cde | 15.37b |
| Enterococcus faecalis | 10.30ab | 2.87ab | 1.16ab | 8.20bc | 0.04de | 2.01cd | 5.35de | 14.6b |
| Bacillus megaterium | 10.02ab | 0.98ab | 1.26ab | 11.06a–c | 0.03e | 1.65d | 7.34cd | 22.02a |
| Pseudomonas aeruginosa | 5.39b | 2.22ab | 1.62a | 11.11a–c | 0.07c–e | 1.71d | 11.21b | 21.35a |
| Brevibacillus borstelensis | 12.79b | 2.9ab | 1.60a | 16.61a | 0.14a–c | 3.53a-c | 8.31b-d | 19.92a |
| Staphylococcus haemolyticus | 6.62ab | 3.4ab | 0.82b | 18.89a | 0.10bc–e | 2.03cd | 9.62bc | 15.73b |
| Enterobacter hormaechei | 7.38ab | 1.26b | 1.10ab | 16.22a | 0.14a-c | 3.24a–d | 6.60c-e | 18.69ab |
| Bacillus cereus | 5.16b | 4.42a | 1.60a | 17.22a | 0.19a | 2.60cd | 3.83e | 22.37a |
| Proteus mirabilis | 5.94b | 4.12a | 1.54a | 16.44a | 0.17ab | 3.79a–d | 9.20bc | 21.03a |
| Fisher’s LSD | 7.47 | 2.37 | 0.53 | 7.11 | 7.17 | 1.47 | 2.88 | 3.93 |
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.