Research Article

Isolation and Molecular Characterization of Potential Plant Growth Promoting Bacillus cereus GGBSTD1 and Pseudomonas spp. GGBSTD3 from Vermisources

Table 6

Fresh weight and dry weight of whole plant of Vigna unguiculata grown on vermiculite supplemented with Bacillus cereus, with Pseudomonas spp., and with their consortium (1 : 1) at five different concentrations (1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 mL) on the 5th, the 10th, and the 15 days and in the control.

ExperimentsaQuantity of bacterial cultures addedFresh weight of the whole plant (g)bDry weight of the whole plant (g)b
5th day10th day15th day5th day10th day15th day

Exp01 mL0.58 (bcd)0.61 (abc)0.64 (ab)0.06 (a)0.06 (abc)0.06 (ab)
2 mL0.58 (ab)0.61 (a)0.64 (abc)0.06 (bcd)0.06 (ab)0.06 (ab)
3 mL0.58 (abc)0.61 (ab)0.64 (bcd)0.06 (abc)0.06 (bcd)0.06 (b)
4 mL0.41 (abc)0.61 (ab)0.64 (ab)0.06 (abc)0.06 (ab)0.06 (abc)
5 mL0.58 (abc)0.61 (abc)0.64 (bcd)0.06 (a)0.06 (bcd)0.06 (def)

Exp11 mL0.62 (abc)0.65 (abc)0.68 (ab)0.06 (bcd)0.06 (ab)0.07 (bcd)
2 mL0.65 (bcd)0.68 (bcd)0.71 (def)0.06 (abc)0.07 (a)0.07 (ab)
3 mL0.68 (abc)0.71 (def)0.74 (bcd)0.07 (abc)0.07 (ab)0.07 (abc)
4 mL0.71 (ab)0.74 (abc)0.77 (abc)0.07 (bcd)0.07 (b)0.08 (bcd)
5 mL0.74 (abc)0.77 (def)0.80 (ab)0.07 (def)0.08 (a)0.08 (b)

Exp21 mL0.56 (ab)0.59 (bcd)0.62 (ab)0.06 (ab)0.06 (ab)0.06 (abc)
2 mL0.59 (abc)0.62 (abc)0.65 (def)0.06 (ab)0.06 (abc)0.06 (bcd)
3 mL0.62 (bcd)0.65 (a)0.68 (bcd)0.06 (abc)0.06 (bcd)0.07 (abc)
4 mL0.65 (abc)0.68 (ab)0.71 (b)0.06 (ab)0.07 (abc)0.07 (b)
5 mL0.68 (abc)0.71 (b)0.74 (a)0.07 (def)0.07 (abc)0.07 (bcd)

Exp31 mL0.74 (ab)0.77 (ab)0.80 (abc)0.07 (a) 0.08 (bcd)0.08 (ab)
2 mL0.77 (bcd)0.80 (a)0.83 (bcd)0.08 (a)0.08 (bcd)0.08 (abc)
3 mL0.80 (bcd)0.83 (bcd)0.86 (abc)0.08 (ab)0.08 (b)0.09 (b)
4 mL0.83 (bcd)0.86 (abc)0.89 (ab)0.08 (abc)0.09 (ab)0.09 (bcd)
5 mL0.86 (ab)0.89 (b)0.92 (def)0.09 (bcd)0.09 (bcd0.09 (b)

Exp0: nutrient solution (control), Exp1: Bacillus cereus, Exp2: Pseudomonas spp., Exp3: consortium of Bacillus cereus + Pseudomonas spp. (1 : 1).
bMean of two repeated experiments (30 plants). Different letters within parenthesis indicate significant difference between treatments for each growth parameter using Duncan’s multiple range test .