Preparation of Microencapsulated Bacillus subtilis SL-13 Seed Coating Agents and Their Effects on the Growth of Cotton Seedlings

Table 3

Effects of ESCA on germination rate and seedling biomass.

Treatments	Germination rate (%)	Plant height (cm)	Root length (cm)	Whole plant fresh weight (g)	Whole plant dry weight (g)
NC	46.58 ± 1.34	11.48 ± 0.51	5.30 ± 0.12	2.13 ± 0.038	1.32 ± 0.006
	58.44 ± 3.48	13.29 ± 0.45	5.84 ± 0.38	2.62 ± 0.045	1.40 ± 0.018
ESCA2	65.67 ± 2.24	16.24 ± 0.63	6.12 ± 0.27	2.65 ± 0.061	1.53 ± 0.015
ESCA4	75.32 ± 1.94	17.53 ± 0.48	7.06 ± 0.35	3.12 ± 0.076	1.66 ± 0.023
ESCA8	70.64 ± 3.82	16.58 ± 0.53	6.48 ± 0.34	2.98 ± 0.075	1.61 ± 0.015

Notes: error bars indicate the standard error of means (±SE).