Isolation and Characterization of Plant Growth-Promoting Endophytic Bacteria Paenibacillus polymyxa SK1 from Lilium lancifolium

Table 4

Analysis of growth parameters of Tresor variety upon inoculation of P. polymyxa SK1.

Treatments	# of flowering shoots/plant	Plant height (cm)	Leaf length (mm)	Leaf width (mm)	Stem diameter (mm)	Bulbs weight (g)	Root length (cm)
CK	2.6 ± 0.5^a	47.8 ± 10.2^a	89.2 ± 11.3^a	9.7 ± 1.4^a	8.9 ± 0.7^a	12.9 ± 1.4^a	17.0 ± 3.8^a
SK1	3.0 ± 0.5^a	55.1 ± 5.0^b	94.3 ± 8.6^b	11.1 ± 1.1^a	9.5 ± 1.0^a	14.3 ± 2.1^a	27.4 ± 3.1^b

Means are averages ± standard deviations (SD). Values in a column with different letters are significantly different by Student’s t-test at ().