Inoculation of Native Arbuscular Mycorrhizae and Bacillus subtilis Can Improve Growth in Vegetable Crops

Table 3

Effect of inoculation and chemical fertilizer on growth characteristics of L. esculentum, A. cepa, and C. pepo.

Treatments	Plants parameters
	SH (cm/p)	RH (cm/p)	NB (n/p)	SFW (g/p)	RFW (g/p)	SDW (g/p)	RDW (g/p)
L. esculentum
T1	52.3 ± 0.1c	19.4 ± 0.3c	13 ± 0.0bc	28.6 ± 0.1c	4.4 ± 0.1c	6.0 ± 0.2c	1.0 ± 0.0c
T2	61.4 ± 0.3ab	25.9 ± 0.1a	14.3 ± 0.3ab	38.9 ± 0.1a	7.2 ± 0.3a	12.7 ± 0.1a	2.7 ± 0.0a
T3	50.3 ± 0.4c	16.8 ± 0.3d	13 ± 0.0bc	24 ± 0.1d	3 ± 0.0d	4 ± 0.0d	0.7 ± 0.0d
T4	57.8 ± 0.1b	22.8 ± 0.4b	13.6 ± 0.3ab	31.4 ± 0.4b	5.4 ± 0.12b	7.7 ± 0.1b	1.9 ± 0.0b
T5	44.2 ± 2d	14.6 ± 0.2e	11.6 ± 0.3cd	21.0 ± 0.6e	1.9 ± 0.06e	2 ± 0.0e	0.1 ± 0.0e
T6	29.2 ± 1.3e	10.7 ± 0.3f	10.3 ± 0.3d	15.4 ± 0.6f	1 ± 0.1f	0.7 ± 0.0f	0.0 ± 0.0f
T7	65.1 ± 0.1a	26.9 ± 0.5a	14.6 ± 0.3a	39.7 ± 0.2a	7.5 ± 0.2a	12.1 ± 0.1a	2.6 ± 0.1a
A. cepa
T1	50.4 ± 0.6c	12.2 ± 0.2bc	3.6 ± 0.3ab	11.9 ± 0.2b	0.8 ± 0.0b	0.7 ± 0.0b	0.04 ± 0.0b
T2	57.9 ± 0.1b	15.2 ± 0.3a	5 ± 0.0a	15.1 ± 0.3a	1.6 ± 0.0a	1.4 ± 0.0a	0.06 ± 0.0a
T3	45.5 ± 0.2d	11.7 ± 0.2c	3.6 ± 0.3ab	9.2 ± 0.2c	0.4 ± 0.0c	0.6 ± 0.0c	0.02 ± 0.0c
T4	52.4 ± 0.7c	13.3 ± 0.3b	4.6 ± 0.3a	13 ± 0.4b	1.1 ± 0.1b	0.8 ± 0.0b	0.04 ± 0.0b
T5	20.6 ± 0.9e	4.6 ± 0.4d	2.6 ± 0.3b	1.2 ± 0.0d	0.0 ± 0.0d	0.04 ± 0.0d	0.01 ± 0.0d
T6	18.5 ± 0.3e	4.3 ± 0.4d	2.3 ± 0.3b	1.1 ± 0.0d	0.03 ± 0.0d	0.03 ± 0.0d	0.01 ± 0.0d
T7	59.4 ± 0.7a	15.2 ± 0.2a	5 ± 0.0a	16.5 ± 0.6a	1.9 ± 0.0a	1.5 ± 0.0a	0.06 ± 0.0a
C. pepo
T1	66.8 ± 0.5c	8 ± 3bc	8.3 ± 0.3ab	48.2 ± 0.1bc	3.4 ± 0.2b	7.9 ± 0.1c	1.0 ± 0.0c
T2	71.9 ± 0.8ab	10.8 ± 0.3a	9 ± 0.0a	54 ± 0.3a	5.0 ± 0.1a	14 ± 0.0a	2.2 ± 0.0a
T3	64.8 ± 0.5c	6.2 ± 0.2cd	7.3 ± 0.3b	45.5 ± 0.9c	2.1 ± 0.1c	6.7 ± 0.0d	0.8 ± 0.0c
T4	68.7 ± 0.2bc	9.5 ± 0.3ab	8.6 ± 0.3ab	52.6 ± 0.2ab	3.8 ± 0.2b	9.8 ± 0.0b	1.4 ± 0.0b
T5	58.7 ± 1.1d	4.9 ± 0.1de	5.6 ± 0.3c	38.9 ± 0.7d	1.4 ± 0.0cd	5.0 ± 0.0e	0.5 ± 0.0e
T6	46.1 ± 1.5e	3.7 ± 0.1e	5.3 ± 0.3c	28.4 ± 0.1e	0.9 ± 0.0d	2.7 ± 0.0f	0.3 ± 0.0e
T7	73 ± 0.5a	11.1 ± 0.7a	9.3 ± 0.3a	57.3 ± 1.1a	5.4 ± 0.2a	14.2 ± 0.2a	2.2 ± 0.0a

T1: inoculation with a consortium with AMF; T2: dual inoculation with a consortium of AMF and Bacillus subtilis; T3: single inoculation with Rhizophagus clarus; T4: dual inoculation of R. clarus and B. subtilis; T5: single inoculation with B. subtilis; T6: negative control (noninoculated and not fertilized); T7: positive control (chemical fertilizer). SH—shoot height, RH—root height, NB—number of branches, SFW—fresh weight of shoot, RFW—fresh weight of root, SDW—dry weight of shoot, RDW—dry weight of root. The same letter in the row indicates not significantly different values based on one-way ANOVA and Tukey’s honestly significant difference (HSD) post hoc test ().