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. 2022 Nov 29;10:e12923. doi: 10.7717/peerj.12923

Table 2. Effect of T. longibrachiatum TG1 on wheat seeds germination under different salt stress.

Treatments NaCl concentrations (mM) Germination rates (%) Germination potential (%) Germination index (%)
NaCl 0 85.00 ± 0.03b 80.00 ± 2.89b 53.33 ± 1.93b
50 75.00 ± 0.05d 68.33 ± 1.67d 45.56 ± 1.11c
100 73.00 ± 0.09d 66.65 ± 1.65d 44.44 ± 1.11c
150 57.00 ± 0.029e 55.00 ± 2.84f 36.63 ± 1.93e
TG1+ NaCl 0 93.00 ± 0.03a 85.00 ± 2.89a 56.66 ± 1.92a
50 90.00 ± 0.08a 76.67 ± 1.67c 51.11 ± 1.10b
100 82.00 ± 0.02c 75.00 ± 0.00c 50.00 ± 0.00b
150 80.00 ± 0.00c 61.66 ± 2.31e 41.11 ± 2.94d

Note:

Data presented were mean ± SE for three replicates. Different letters within each column indicate significant difference among treatments at the p < 0.05 level. The 0 treatment represents wheat seedlings soaked in sterile water; TG1+ NaCl treatments represent wheat seeds soaked in TG1 spore suspension for 12 h and grown at 0, 50, 100, and 150 mM NaCl concentrations.