Compatibility of Azospirillum brasilense with Pesticides Used for Treatment of Maize Seeds

Figure 2

(a) Volume; (b) root dry weight; (c) root hair incidence; (d) root hair length; (e) number of branches; (f) specific length; (g) weighted average diameter; and (h) tissue density of roots of maize whose seeds were treated or not with pesticide and were inoculated or not with Azospirillum brasilense strains Ab-V5 + Ab-V6. Plants were grown under greenhouse conditions for 38 days. Data represent the means of five replicates (n = 5) and when followed by the same letter do not differ from each other by Tukey’s test at . Uppercase letters compare means within the same pesticide condition (WP: with pesticide and NP: no pesticide) and lowercase letters compare means within the same inoculation condition (WI: with inoculation and NI: no inoculation). Vertical bars represent the standard deviation.

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