TABLE 4.

Dry and fresh weight (g) and length (cm) of root and shoot of brinjal plant (Solanum melongena) as affected by various treatments: Control (CN); bentonite (BN); Iron Oxide nanoparticles (FOP); Cerium-doped iron oxide nanoparticles (CFOP); Azotobacter nigricans sp. (BT); BN + FOP; BN + CFOP; BN + BT; FOP + BT; T10 = CFOP + BT.

Treatments	Fresh weight (g)		Dry weight (g)		Length (cm)
	Root	Shoot	Root	Shoot	Root	Shoot
CN	0.76 ± 0.36d	3.02 ± 0.01d	0.04 ± 0.31h	0.23 ± 0.02i	24.4 ± 0.63f	32.7 ± 1.55e
BN	1.64 ± 0.28d	5.16 ± 0.02c	0.07 ± 0.25b	0.43 ± 0.02c	43.5 ± 1.41bc	40.5 ± 2.19c
FOP	0.87 ± 0.24d	5.39 ± 0.42c	0.06 ± 0.24d	0.33 ± 0.41f	32.7 ± 1.06d	40.5 ± 2.05c
CFOP	3.34 ± 0.06a	8.12 ± 0.02a	0.08 ± 0.09a	0.55 ± 0.03a	46.5 ± 1.41a	49.5 ± 0.7a
BT	1.85 ± 0.22bc	6.47 ± 0.28b	0.06 ± 0.24 c	0.43 ± 0.27c	41.5 ± 0.14c	45.0 ± 1.41b
BN + FOP	1.75 ± 0.22c	5.03 ± 0.49c	0.06 ± 0.19e	0.24 ± 0.48h	27.2 ± 0.42e	34.4 ± 1.90de
BN + CFOP	1.01 ± 0.05d	3.24 ± 0.41d	0.04 ± 0.08h	0.38 ± 0.41d	31.2 ± 0.49d	40.0 ± 1.48c
BN + BT	0.77 ± 0.09d	3.09 ± 0.44d	0.05 ± 0.13g	0.34 ± 0.41e	32.7 ± 1.69d	36.5 ± 0.70d
FOP + BT	2.33 ± 0.16b	7.41 ± 0.26a	0.07 ± 0.13b	0.46 ± 0.25b	44.6 ± 0.56ab	48.5 ± 0.70a
CFOP + BT	1.07 ± 0.16d	5.36 ± 0.28c	0.05 ± 0.16f	0.27 ± 0.24g	44.2 ± 1.41ab	40.5 ± 1.41c

Values are the average of 2 replicates ± SE. Different letters shows that the values are significantly different from each other.