Table 8.
Effect of individual zinc-solubilizing Streptomyces on vegetable soybean seedling growth promotion.
| Treatment | Growth parameter | ||||
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| Shoot length (cm) | Root length (cm) | Pod number (per plant) | Seed number (per plant) | Plant dry weight (g/plant) | |
| Non-inoculated control | 26.23 ± 1.76b | 43.54 ± 3.81d | 6.93 ± 1.28d | 16.80 ± 3.08d | 5.47 ± 0.31c |
| Positive control, (0.5 mg ZnSO4/kg soil) | 27.63 ± 2.08b | 47.65 ± 3.54c | 10.40 ± 1.18c | 27.33 ± 3.20c | 5.71 ± 0.25c |
| Inoculation with CME 34 | 33.57 ± 3.40a | 54.03 ± 3.52a | 17.60 ± 2.26a | 37.13 ± 2.64a | 7.95 ± 0.56a |
| Inoculation with EX 51 | 31.47 ± 2.30a | 50.49 ± 2.36b | 15.93 ± 1.71b | 30.40 ± 2.85b | 7.12 ± 0.49b |
Data are mean ± SD of five replications from three independent experiments; Mean values followed by different lowercase superscripts in column of each treatment are significantly different at p < 0.05 according to a Tukey test.