Evaluation of the Plant Growth Promotion Effect of Bacillus Species on Different Varieties of Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.) Seedlings
Table 5
The effect of Bacillus isolates on the growth of tomato variety Maya seedlings.
Treatment
Upper ground growth parameters
Underground growth parameters
Shoot length in cm
Shoot fresh weights in g
Shoot dry weights in g
Root length in cm
Root fresh weights in g
Root dry weights in g
B1
14.6 ± 2.7a
3.83 ± 0.6b
2.50 ± 0.2a
6.00 ± 0.57b
2.30 ± 0.05b
1.60 ± 0.05b
B2
23.0 ± 4.16a
5.66 ± 0.33a
2.8 ± 0.08a
8.0 ± 0.57a
2.70 ± 0.05a
1.71 ± 0.00a
B3
6.33 ± 0.3b
2.2 ± 0.08b
1.70 ± 0.1b
4.03 ± 0.03b
2.06 ± 0.03b
1.57 ± 0.05b
B4
6.33 ± 0.33b
2.20 ± 0.05b
1.46 ± 0.1c
4.03 ± 0.03b
2.10 ± 0.05b
1.58 ± 0.06b
B5
13.66 ± 1.2a
3.33 ± 0.33b
2.2 ± 0.05b
6.00 ± 0.57b
2.26 ± 0.03b
1.65 ± 0.00b
Control
3.30 ± 0.35c
1.17 ± 0.06c
0.76 ± 0.08c
2.30 ± 0.05c
1.06 ± 0.07c
0.48 ± 0.06c
LSD at 0.05
1.78
1.0
0.98
1.4
0.99
0.90
Values are mean ± standard error of three replications; statistically significant at (significant difference with the control); statistically significant at (highly significant difference to the control); ns indicates not statistically significant; means in each column followed by the same letter are not significantly different at according to Fisher’s LSD.
