Table 2.

The effects of highland barley (HB) seed endophyte isolates on the growth of HB seedlings.

Inoculum	Plant height (cm)	Leaf length (cm)	Leaf width (cm)	Root length (cm)	Aboveground fresh weight (g)	Fresh root weight (g)	Aboveground dry weight (g)	Dry root weight (g)	Root number
CK	42.3 ± 0.46b	26.2 ± 2.54c	1.22 ± 0.038a	12.6 ± 1.35c	2.55 ± 0.393b	0.28 ± 0.037b	0.237 ± 0.035b	0.163 ± 0.019b	23.3 ± 0.98b
JZ-7	42.4 ± 0.22b	29.1 ± 0.97b	1.23 ± 0.064a	14.5 ± 0.49b	1.79 ± 0.009c	0.27 ± 0.009b	0.217 ± 0.003b	0.200 ± 0.008a	25.0 ± 1.41b
Zang-8	46.1 ± 0.85a	34.5 ± 0.71a	1.28 ± 0.027a	12.8 ± 1.82c	1.52 ± 0.028c	0.25 ± 0.019b	0.213 ± 0.014b	0.160 ± 0.009b	16.3 ± 0.72c
LZ-9	43.4 ± 1.11b	30.9 ± 1.16b	1.23 ± 0.086a	16.6 ± 1.42a	3.68 ± 0.443a	0.39 ± 0.036a	0.497 ± 0.009a	0.213 ± 0.027a	28.3 ± 1.44a

Data are mean value ± SE (n = 15). Different letters in a column denote statistically significant differences (p < 0.05). CK, uninoculated control.