Halotolerant Rhizobacterial Strains Mitigate the Adverse Effects of NaCl Stress in Soybean Seedlings

Table 3

Influence of rhizospheric bacteria on growth attributes and chlorophyll content of soybean plants grown with/without NaCl.

	Shoot length (cm)	Root length (cm)	Shoot fresh weight (mg)	Root fresh weight (mg)	Shoot dry weight (mg)	Root dry weight (mg)	SPAD (C.C)
Control	139.73 ± 3.60^A	251.00 ± 3.60^A	12.56 ± 0.65^A	7.66 ± 0.55^A	1.86 ± 0.03^A	0.60 ± 0.10^A	46.83 ± 3.61^A
NaCl (200 mM)	97.46 ± 1.85^F	160.40 ± 3.41^F	3.74 ± 0.35^E	2.30 ± 0.22^D	0.51 ± 0.01^F	0.17 ± 0.03^C	24.03 ± 3.10^D
Arthrobacter woluwensis AK1	120.40 ± 2.62^B	210.40 ± 3.41^B	7.73 ± 0.50^B	4.60 ± 0.31^B	1.40 ± 0.11^B	0.37 ± 0.03^B	39.23 ± 2.54^B
Microbacterium oxydans AK2	114.9 ± 2.15^C	195.23 ± 2.15^C	6.13 ± 0.41^C	4.93 ± 0.25^B	1.10 ± 0.10^C	0.30 ± 0.02^B	35.70 ± 3.05^BC
Arthrobacter aurescens AK3	112.03 ± 1.95^CD	200.50 ± 2.68^C	5.43 ± 0.35^CD	3.63 ± 0.31^C	0.82 ± 0.06^E	0.37 ± 0.22^B	35.63 ± 3.55^BC
Bacillus megaterium AK4	104.83 ± 1.55^E	179.53 ± 3.32^E	5.23 ± 0.35^D	3.53 ± 0.30^C	0.98 ± 0.04^D	0.29 ± 0.20^B	32.06 ± 3.51^C
Bacillus aryabhattai AK5	110.56 ± 1.53^D	185.30 ± 2.26^D	4.33 ± 0.25^E	3.73 ± 0.25^C	0.83 ± 0.04^E	0.29 ± 0.03^B	30.86 ± 3.12^C

Each data point represents the mean of three replicates ± standard errors. The different letters represent data points that are significantly different from each other as evaluated by DMRT analysis.