Evaluation of the Plant Growth Promotion Effect of Bacillus Species on Different Varieties of Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.) Seedlings
Table 4
The effect of Bacillus isolates on the growth of tomato variety Kochero 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
34.86 ± 3.1a
10.86 ± 0.4a
8.33 ± 0.76a
12.0 ± 0.0a
3.0 ± 0.06a
1.2 ± 0.08a
B2
19.53 ± 2.02c
7.20 ± 0.2b
5.50 ± 0.25b
7.3 ± 0.88b
2.6 ± 0.03b
1.03 ± 0.03b
B3
16.53 ± 1.00ns
6.93 ± 0.17b
5.03 ± 0.53b
6.8 ± 0.27b
2.2 ± 0.05b
1.08 ± 0.04b
B4
33.60 ± 2.0a
10.06 ± 0.28a
8.03 ± 0.54a
8.0 ± 0.57b
2.2 ± 0.09b
1.14 ± 0.04a
B5
30.30 ± 0.17b
6.63 ± 0.27b
5.03 ± 0.43b
6.7 ± 0.14b
2.0 ± 0.03b
1.02 ± 0.03b
Control
12.20 ± 0.1d
1.73 ± 0.08c
0.88 ± 0.00c
3.6 ± 0.33c
1.06 ± 0.07c
0.66 ± 0.14c
LSD at 0.05
2.5
2.06
2.45
2.0
1.67
1.6
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.
