“Pseudomonas fluorescens” as an Antagonist to Control Okra Root Rotting Fungi Disease in Plants

Table 3

Pseudomonas fluorescens effect on seed germination and vegetative growth of okra.

Isolates	Seed germination (%)	Root length (cm)	Shoot length (cm)	Root weight (g)		Shoot weight (g)
				Fresh wt.	Dry wt.	Fresh wt.	Dry wt.
PFTT1	65.7	3.567	4.80	0.0210	0.1	0.232	0.10
PFTT2	62.5	4.325	3.465	0.016	0.012	0.215^ns	0.90^ns
PFTT3	60.00	3.68	3.44	0.112^ns	0.006^ns	0.186^ns	0.103
PFTT4	82.2	5.896	4.322	0.32	0.012	0.432	0.117
PFTT5	75.8	4.100^ns	3.400	0.018^ns	0.007	0.240^ns	0.220
Control	39.0	55.7	2.57	4.70	0.210	0.01	0.22
SEM		52.5	4.25	2.45	0.16	0.011	0.25^ns
CD at 1%		060.0	3.867^ns	3.444	0.0112^ns	0.006^ns	0.186^ns
CD at 5%		65.7	3.567	4.25	0.21	0.01	0.23

SEM = standard blunder mean; CD = critical differences. values are mean of 3 arbitrarily chose plants from each set; huge at 01%; huge at 5% when contrasted with control; NS = nonhuge when contrasted with control (nonfactorized seeds).