Table 2.
Growth promotion of pea (Pisum sativum) and maize (Zea mays) by stress-tolerant endophyte Pseudomonas fluorescens Z1B4 from Zanthoxylum alatum Roxb.
| Plant | Parameter | Isolate | Fisher’s LSD (P = 0.05) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| control | Z1B4 | Z1B4 Rif | |||
| Maize | root length [cm] | 16.5 a | 21.5 b (30.3) | 22.0 b (33.3) | 1.9 |
| shoot length [cm] | 32.3 a | 41.5 b (28.5) | 40.2 b (24.4) | 2.3 | |
| total dry weight [g] | 0.20 a | 0.29 b (45.0) | 0.27 b (35.0) | 0.05 | |
| Pea | root length [cm] | 12.3 a | 15.3 b (24.4) | 14.8 b (20.3) | 1.9 |
| shoot length [cm] | 19.5 a | 26.3 b (34.9) | 27.0 b (38.5) | 2.2 | |
| total dry weight [g] | 0.17 a | 0.24 b (41.2) | 0.23 b (35.3) | 0.04 | |
Values represent the mean of three replicates; values in brackets represent percent (%) increase over uninoculated control; values with different letters in each row are significantly different from one another at P ≤ 0.05