Research Article

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

Table 1

Germination rate and initial growth of maize seedlings whose seeds were treated or not with pesticide and were inoculated or not with Azospirillum brasilense strains Ab-V5 and Ab-V6.

TreatmentsGermination rate (%)Total length (cm)Root length (cm)Shoot length (cm)

NPNI88.88 Aa33.34 Aa21.42 Aa10.91 Aa
WPNI88.88 Aa34.15 Aa20.85 Aa12.30 Aa
NPWI86.10 Aa36.93 Aa22.66 Aa13.26 Aa
WPWI91.66 Aa35.03 Aa21.80 Aa12.23 Aa
-value0.240.900.470.84
CV (%)14.064.414.868.97

Data represent the means of five replicates 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).