Research Article
Enhancing Growth of Vigna radiata in the Presence of Pseudomonas aeruginosa Biopolymer and Metarhizium anisopliae Spores
| (a) Plant growth promotion assay using gamma-proteobacterium Pseudomonas aeruginosa NCIM 2945 and entomopathogenic fungus Metarhizium anisopliae MCC 1129. |
| | Pots number | Day | | I–IV | V | VII | IX | XI | XIV | XVI |
| | Control I | — | 8.5 | 13.5 | 15.5 | 16.1 | 17.0 | 18.0 | | Exp. II | — | 8.5 | 12.0 | 15.3 | 16.1 | 17.1 | 18.8 | | Exp. III | — | 9.7 | 13.6 | 14.1 | 15.4 | 16.3 | 16.8 | | Exp. IV | — | 7.7 | 11.4 | 14.8 | 15.3 | 16.8 | 17.1 | | Exp. V | — | 11.0 | 13.0 | 15.3 | 15.6 | 16.7 | 17.1 |
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Note: growth was measured in cm. Exp. V was performed in consortium of PANCL and MAMCC.
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| (b) Wet weight and dry weight of Vigna radiata plants in a pot experiment after 17 days of growth. |
| | Pot number | Number of plants at the time of harvest | Wet weight (gm) | Dry weight (gm) |
| | Pot-I (control) | 50 | 13.49 ± 0.043 | 2.5 ± 0.083 | | Pot-II (exp.) | 50 | 14.1 ± 0.14 | 3 ± 0.05 | | Pot-III (exp.) | 50 | 9.81 ± 0.07 | 3.4 ± 0.05 | | Pot-IV (exp.) | 50 | 3.19 ± 0.05 | 2.23 ± 0.04 | | Pot-V (exp.) | 50 | 14.6 ± 0.1 | 2.81 ± 0.041 |
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