Evaluation of the Plant Growth Promotion Effect of Bacillus Species on Different Varieties of Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.) Seedlings
Table 3
The effect of Bacillus isolates on the growth of tomato variety Melkesalsa seedlings.
Treatment
Upper ground growth parameters
Underground growth parameters
Shoot length in cm
Shoot fresh weights in g
Shoot dry weights in g
Root length in cm
Root fresh weights in g
Root dry weights in g
B1
33.23 ± 2.3b
15.3 ± 0.33a
12.5 ± 0.6a
12 ± 0.57a
2.9 ± 0.03a
1.06 ± 0.07b
B2
27.76 ± 3.6b
7.66 ± 0.33b
6.0 ± 0.17b
10.4 ± 0.29a
2.6 ± 0.17b
0.93 ± 0.03b
B3
35.0 ± 5.68a
11.33 ± 2.6a
8.66 ± 2.3a
12.9 ± 1.8a
3.1 ± 0.18a
1.40 ± 0.23a
B4
25.6 ± 3.75b
7.33 ± 0.33b
5.20 ± 0.6b
8.0 ± 0.57b
2.2 ± 0.03b
0.76 ± 0.08b
B5
40.3 ± 1.85a
12.1 ± 1.46a
8.33 ± 0.6b
10.6 ± 0.88a
2.8 ± 0.05b
0.98 ± 0.0b
Control
15.00 ± 1.00c
1.80 ± 0.25c
1.00 ± 0.1c
4.0 ± 0.57c
0.93 ± 0.03c
0.59 ± 0.03c
LSD at 0.05
2.7
2.92
2.0
3.1
0.88
0.92
Values are mean ± standard error of three replications; statistically significant at (significant difference with the control); statistically significant at (highly significant difference to the control); ns indicates not statistically significant; means in each column followed by the same letter are not significantly different at according to Fisher’s LSD.
