Research Article

Synergistic Effects of Plant Growth Promoting Rhizobacteria and Chitosan on In Vitro Seeds Germination, Greenhouse Growth, and Nutrient Uptake of Maize (Zea mays L.)

Table 3

Average means of germinative parameters according to cluster groups.

ClustersTreatmentsParameters
Germination
(%)
Shoot length
(cm)
Root length
(cm)
Vigor indexShoot weight
(mg)
Root weight
(mg)
Germinated seed weight
(mg)

Cluster 1flu, Q.flu-put, lip, Q.lip, Q.lip-flu-put and CTL.0.987.1414.5221.180.260.250.91
Cluster 2Q.flu, Q.lip-put, lip-put, lip-flu-put, Q.put, lip-flu and put.0.959.3214.7722.820.350.311.06
Cluster 3flu-put, Q.lip-flu and Q0.988.0017.9425.170.290.331.01

CTL: control (without bacteria and chitosan); lip: treated only with A. lipoferum; flu: treated only with P. fluorescens; put: treated only with P. putida; lip-flu: treated with A. lipoferum-P. fluorescens in the same proportion; lip-put: treated with A. lipoferum-P. putida in the same proportion; flu-put: treated with P. fluorescens-P. putida in the same proportion; lip-flu-put: treated with A. lipoferum-P. fluorescens-P. putida in the same proportion; Q: treated only with chitosan; Q.lip: treated with chitosan-A. lipoferum in the same proportion; Q.flu: treated with chitosan-P. fluorescens in the same proportion; Q.put: treated with chitosan-P. putida in the same proportion; Q.lip-flu: treated with chitosan-A. lipoferum-P. fluorescens in the same proportion; Q.lip-put: treated with chitosan-A. lipoferum-P. putida in the same proportion; Q.flu-put: treated with chitosan-P. fluorescens-P. putida in the same proportion; Q.lip-flu-put: treated withchitosan-A. lipoferum-P. fluorescens-P. putida in the same proportion.