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. 2022 Apr 1;38(2):90–101. doi: 10.5423/PPJ.OA.11.2021.0173

Table 6.

Effect of Bacillus strains, cotton cultivars, and their interactions on content of total soluble sugars (mg glucose/g), total soluble proteins (mg/g), and total free amino acids (mg/g) of cotton seedlings

Bacillus strains Cotton cultivars

V1 V2 V3 V4 Mean
Total soluble sugars
 B1 16.68 15.29 12.69 11.23 13.97
 B2 11.32 17.63 14.24 9.80 13.25
 B3 22.96 12.85 13.65 13.81 15.82
 B4 35.76 16.93 21.81 22.60 24.28
 B5 10.21 7.68 14.41 14.13 11.61
 B6 26.79 22.99 19.77 22.17 22.93
 B7 19.40 19.67 25.77 23.87 22.18
 B8 28.29 13.64 16.21 27.39 21.38
 Control 7.83 24.53 21.97 19.31 18.41
 Mean 19.92 16.80 17.84 18.26 18.21
 LSD (P ≤ 0.05) for Bacillus × cultivar 7.09
Total soluble proteins
 B1 7.33 6.71 7.13 5.83 6.75
 B2 12.40 7.34 5.35 5.04 7.53
 B3 8.60 7.47 6.80 5.90 7.20
 B4 11.45 7.07 7.42 12.06 9.50
 B5 6.95 7.67 9.29 6.77 7.67
 B6 7.81 10.58 8.66 11.38 9.61
 B7 9.22 7.07 8.84 9.34 8.62
 B8 11.20 8.26 9.40 11.65 10.13
 Control 5.51 6.66 7.24 6.70 6.53
 Mean 8.94 7.65 7.79 8.30 8.17
 LSD (P ≤ 0.05) for Bacillus × cultivar 2.34
Total free amino acids
 B1 28.77 10.07 11.28 7.60 14.43
 B2 6.20 8.78 13.83 8.47 9.32
 B3 29.12 11.18 10.15 8.75 14.80
 B4 8.10 2.40 3.72 15.53 7.44
 B5 21.82 8.60 9.03 27.72 16.79
 B6 14.93 9.93 6.80 13.55 11.30
 B7 13.12 13.43 6.20 14.12 11.72
 B8 3.82 9.00 7.72 5.52 6.51
 Control 2.77 8.52 20.95 19.25 12.87
 Mean 14.29 9.10 9.97 13.39 11.69
 LSD (P ≤ 0.05) for Bacillus × cultivar 5.84

LSD, least significant difference.