Assessing the synergistic relationship of mycorrhiza and bacteria for the degradation of spent engine oil in maize grown soil

Bulletin of the National Research Centre

Table 1 Effect of spent engine oil and mycorrhiza on the number of leaves per plotted maize plant

Treatment	Number of leaves in maize plant in days
Treatment	7	14	21	28	35	42
M−C−	3.00 ± 0.01	5.00 ± 0.01	6.00 ± 0.01	6.33 ± 0.47	7.00 ± 0.47	8.33 ± 0.47
M+C	3.00 ± 0.01	5.00 ± 0.82	6.00 ± 0.47	7.60 ± 0.47	10.00 ± 0.47	11.00 ± 0.82
M+C+50	3.00 ± 0.01	5.00 ± 0.47	6.00 ± 0.47	6.00 ± 0.47	9.00 ± 0.47	13.00 ± 0.47
M+C+75	3.00 ± 0.47	5.00 ± 0.47	6.00 ± 0.94	6.00 ± 0.47	6.30 ± 0.47	12.00 ± 0.47
M+C+100	3.00 ± 0.58	5.00 ± 0.58	6.00 ± 0.58	6.00 ± 0.58	6.30 ± 1.53	8.33 ± 1.16
M−C+50	3.00 ± 0.47	4.30 ± 0.47	6.00 ± 0.47	6.30 ± 0.47	8.00 ± 0.47	9.30 ± 0.47
M−C+75	3.30 ± 0.47	4.30 ± 0.47	5.60 ± 0.47	6.60 ± 0.47	7.00 ± 0.47	8.30 ± 0.47
M−C+100	2.60 ± 0.47	3.60 ± 0.47	5.00 ± 0.47	5.60 ± 0.47	7.30 ± 0.47	7.60 ± 0.47