Endophytic Fungus Aspergillus japonicus Mediates Host Plant Growth under Normal and Heat Stress Conditions

Table 1

Effect of A. japonicus filtrate on the growth of rice seedlings.

Growth attributes	Control (DW)	Control (Czk)	A. japonicus
Shoot Length (cm)	12.6 ± 0.25	13.8 ± 0.34	15.67 ± 0.52
Root Length (cm)	6.3 ± 0.38	6.6 ± 0.18	8.1 ± 0.35
Dry Weight Shoot (g)	0.0034 ± 0.001	0.0049 ± 0.003	0.0086 ± 0.004
Dry Weight Root (g)	0.0147 ± 0.001	0.0155 ± 0.004	0.0182 ± 0.004
Chlorophyll (SPAD)	20.73 ± 1.5	22.7 ± 0.56	25.9 ± 0.18

DW = distilled water, Czk = Czapek broth medium. Data are means of 3 replicates (each replicate consisted of 9 seedlings) with standard error. For each set of treatment, the different letter indicates significant differences at p (< 0.05) as estimated by Tukey HSD test.