Table 6.
Level of osmolytes in the presence and absence of Bacillus thuringiensis PM25 under salinity stress.
NaCl (mM) | B. thuringiensis PM25 | Free amino acid (mg/g DW) | Glycine betaine (μg/g DW) | Proline (μmol/g FW) |
---|---|---|---|---|
0 mM | –PM25 | 15.72 ± 0.58e | 10.68 ± 0.97f | 50.48 ± 1.59f |
+PM25 | 27.76 ± 0.85bc | 22.18 ± 0.68cd | 77.76 ± 0.78c | |
300 mM | –PM25 | 18.97 ± 0.93de | 13.82 ± 0.77ef | 53.54 ± 1.51ef |
+PM25 | 32.83 ± 0.68b | 25.61 ± 0.39bc | 83.44 ± 0.66bc | |
600 mM | –PM25 | 21.25 ± 1.05de | 15.77 ± 0.97e | 57.07 ± 0.80e |
+PM25 | 39.83 ± 1.33a | 28.92 ± 0.54ab | 87.93 ± 0.36ab | |
900 mM | –PM25 | 24.42 ± 0.78cd | 17.44 ± 0.85de | 65.19 ± 0.81d |
+PM25 | 44.08 ± 1.06a | 32.48 ± 0.67a | 93.37 ± 0.61a |
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.