. 2022 Nov 2;13:994847. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2022.994847

Table 5.

Effect of bacterial endophytes inoculation on root parameters of chickpea challenged with soil-borne fungal pathogens.

Treatments	Root length (mm)	Surface area (cm²)	Average root dia (mm)	Root volume (cm³)
R. solani pre-challenged
UC	156.3^e	17.9^c	0.58^a	0.55^c
A1	317.0^d	21.2^c	0.45^c	0.63^c
A2	1056.7^a	39.4^a	0.54^a	1.47^a
A3	750.0^b	31.2^b	0.57^a	1.27^ab
A4	403.7^c	29.8^b	0.51^b	1.07^b
A5	736.7^b	27.0^b	0.56^ab	1.0^b
CD (0.05%)	66.77	5.37	0.05	0.275
CV	6.58	10.85	5.48	15.49
S. rolfsii pre-challenged
UC	156.3^f	17.9^c	0.58^ab	0.55^d
B1	310.0^e	18.7^c	0.41^d	0.39^d
B2	860.0^a	38.1^a	0.61^a	2.03^a
B3	500.0^b	26.3^b	0.53^bc	1.0^c
B4	432.0^d	19.2^c	0.53^bc	0.9^c
B5	463.0^c	28.3^b	0.51^c	1.7^b
CD (0.05%)	24.13	2.15	0.05	0.24
CV	2.99	4.89	5.5	12.48
F. oxysporum f.sp. ciceri pre-challenged
UC	156.3^e	17.9^e	0.58^ab	0.55^d
C1	278.7^d	18.5^e	0.49^c	0.9^c
C2	1010.0^a	37.1^a	0.57^ab	2.3^a
C3	690.0^b	34.3^b	0.59^a	1.5^b
C4	465.7^c	28.5^c	0.52^bc	1.3^b
C5	420.6^c	23.6^d	0.58^ab	0.9^c
CD (0.05%)	57.69	2.38	0.06	0.33
CV	6.44	5.04	6.29	14.82

Treatment details: UC – Uninoculated (negative control). A1, B1, C1 – Positive control of R. solani, S. rolfsii and F. oxysporum f.sp. ciceri, respectively. A2, B2, C2 – Respective pathogen + B. subtilis strain TRO4 inoculated. A3, B3, C3 – Respective pathogen + B. subtilis strain CLO5 inoculated. A4, B4, C4 – Respective pathogen + B. subtilis strain PLO3 inoculated. A5, B5, C5 – Chemical control (Respective pathogen + Carbendazim @ 2 g per kg of seed). The treatment with the same superscript within a column does not differ significantly at p = 0.05.