. 2022 Jul 28;13:921668. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2022.921668

Table 2.

Maize growth, biomass, and leaf surface area in the presence and absence of Bacillus thuringiensis PM25 under salinity stress.

NaCl (mM)	B. thuringiensis PM25	Shoot length (cm)	Root length (cm)	Plant height (cm)	Leaf area (cm ² )
0 mM	–PM25	31.33 ± 1.25^b	13.36 ± 0.60^bcd	44.7 ± 0.68^bc	16.01 ± 1.11^bc
	+PM25	38 ± 1.34^a	20 ± 1.66^a	58 ± 2.93^a	23.55 ± 1.30^a
300 mM	–PM25	28.83 ± 0.88^bc	10 ± 0.53^cde	38.83 ± 1.40^cd	14.89 ± 0.82^bcd
	+PM25	34.73 ± 1.23^ab	16.5 ± 1.30^ab	51.23 ± 1.41^ab	20.16 ± 1.24^ab
600 mM	–PM25	24.53 ± 0.46^c	8.07 ± 0.50^de	32.60 ± 0.78^de	12.13 ± 0.53^cd
	+PM25	32.33 ± 0.30^ab	15.51 ± 0.73^abc	47.85 ± 1.02^abc	16.75 ± 1.05^bc
900 mM	–PM25	17.26 ± 0.69^d	6.13 ± 0.39^e	23.4 ± 1.07^e	9.02 ± 0.60^d
	+PM25	29.33 ± 1.36^bc	10 ± 1.06^cde	39.33 ± 1.96^cd	13.63 ± 0.82^cd

Growth was measured at 21 days after seed owing under different salt concentration regimes. The treatments exhibit dissimilar letters within rows that represent a significant (p ≤ 0.05) level.