Response of Cold-Tolerant Aspergillus spp. to Solubilization of Fe and Al Phosphate in Presence of Different Nutritional Sources

Table 1

Effect of phosphate-solubilizing Aspergillus species on the growth of maize and wheat under greenhouse conditions.

Treatment	Shoot length (cm)	Root length (cm)	Biomass production and yield (g dry weight)			Harvest index
			Shoot	Root	Seed
Maize
Control	56.70±8.37	11.50±1.90	0.28±0.16	0.04±0.22	0.84±0.02	0.32
A. glaucus	68.20±3.20^∗	15.30±2.51^∗	0.38±0.06^∗	0.05±0.03	0.93±0.06^∗	0.39
ANOVA	𝐹1,18=15.53; 𝑃=0.001	𝐹1,18=25.73; 𝑃=0.05	𝐹1,18=5.39; 𝑃=0.03	𝐹1,18=2.14; 𝑃=0.16	𝐹1,18=3.16; 𝑃=0.01	NA
A. niger	67.31±2.16^∗	15.23±1.25^∗	0.61±0.14^∗	0.12±0.02	1.12±0.06^∗	0.69
ANOVA	𝐹1,18=11.93; 𝑃=0.002	𝐹1,18=22.83; 𝑃=0.0002	𝐹1,18=5.39; 𝑃=0.03	𝐹1,18=2.14; 𝑃=0.16	𝐹1,18=6.23; 𝑃=0.006	NA
A. sydowii	74.81±5.32	17.21±3.26^∗	0.58±0.16^∗	0.10±0.03^∗	1.02±0.04^∗	0.68
ANOVA	𝐹1,18=25.21; 𝑃=0.87	𝐹1,18=9.46; 𝑃=0.006	𝐹1,18=12.83; 𝑃=0.002	𝐹1,18=11.36; 𝑃=0.003	𝐹1,18=4.56; 𝑃=0.004	NA
Wheat
Control	29.80±4.86	16.85±2.68	0.09±0.03	0.13±0.02	0.27±0.06	68.08
A. glaucus	33.20±4.10	20.40±3.63^∗	0.13±0.05^∗	0.16±0.05	0.36±0.06^∗	124.14
ANOVA	𝐹1,18=2.86; 𝑃=0.10	𝐹1,18=6.18; 𝑃=0.02	𝐹1,18=4.62; 𝑃=0.04	𝐹1,18=2.41; 𝑃=0.13	𝐹1,18=11.58; 𝑃=0.003	NA
A. niger	39.15±6.03^∗	20.60±3.84^∗	0.19±0.03^∗	0.17±0.05^∗	0.37±0.10^∗	102.78
ANOVA	𝐹1,18=14.58; 𝑃=0.001	𝐹1,18=6.41; 𝑃=0.02	𝐹1,18=43.74; 𝑃=0.0001	𝐹1,18=6.40; 𝑃=0.02	𝐹1,18=7.11; 𝑃=0.015	NA
A. sydowii	35.40±5.32^∗	19.20±2.15^∗	0.14±0.04^∗	0.27±0.17^∗	0.34±0.05^∗	82.92
ANOVA	𝐹1,18=6.04; 𝑃=0.02	𝐹1,18=4.66; 𝑃=0.04	𝐹1,18=4.97; 𝑃=0.04	𝐹1,18=5.94; 𝑃=0.02	𝐹1,18=6.42; 𝑃=0.02	NA

ANOVA: analysis of variance; NA: not detected; *significant increment as compared to control.