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Table 3 Effect of PSB inoculum on in vitro rice fresh shoot length

From: The growth response of rice (Oryza sativa L. var. FARO 44) in vitro after inoculation with bacterial isolates from a typical ferruginous ultisol

Inoculum

Fresh shoot length (cm) on

4DAS

5DAS

6DAS

2WAS

3WAS

4WAS

A/10

2.6 ± 0.07a

4.4 ± 0.22a

5.3 ± 0.36a

8.5 ± 0.02a

11.9 ± 0.64a

15.4 ± 0.35a

A/7.5

1.9 ± 0.07b

3.8 ± 0.14a

5.3 ± 0.21a

7.5 ± 0.38b

10.5 ± 0.26b

13.2 ± 0.36b

A/5

1.4 ± 0.06c

3.7 ± 0.25a

4.5 ± 0.08b

7.1 ± 0.35b

9.5 ± 0.00c

11.2 ± 0.23c

B/10

1.3 ± 0.07c

2.8 ± 0.28b

3.2 ± 0.11c

5.7 ± 0.04c

6.8 ± 0.25d

8.4 ± 0.13d

B/7.5

1.2 ± 0.03c

3.2 ± 0.10c

3.3 ± 0.06c

5.0 ± 0.09c

6.2 ± 0.37d

7.0 ± 0.43e

B/5

1.4 ± 0.16c

3.2 ± 0.02ac

3.3 ± 0.63c

4.5 ± 0.07d

5.3 ± 0.11e

6.0 ± 0.18f

C/10

1.9 ± 0.18b

3.4 ± 0.21ac

3.4 ± 0.08c

6.0 ± 0.26e

7.2 ± 0.15f

8.9 ± 0.59d

C/7.5

1.6 ± 0.05c

3.7 ± 0.26a

3.2 ± 0.31c

5.0 ± 0.56c

6.8 ± 0.34d

7.6 ± 0.08e

C/5

1.1 ± 0.03c

3.2 ± 0.08ac

3.4 ± 0.21c

4.7 ± 0.10d

6.2 ± 0.16d

7.9 ± 0.25ed

D/10

1.1 ± 0.03j

2.2 ± 0.06cd

2.3 ± 0.20d

3.7 ± 30.03f

4.7 ± 0.20g

4.9 ± 0.37g

  1. DAS= Days after sowing, WAS= Weeks after sowing. Results with similar alphabetic superscripts on same column did not differ from each other (p>0.05). A10, A7.5 and A5.0 = 10 ml, 7.5 ml and 5.0 ml of Bacillus sp., respectively. B10, B7.5 and B5.0 = 10 ml, 7.5 ml and 5.0 ml Proteus sp., respectively. C10, C7.5 and C5.0 = 10 ml, 7.5 ml and 5.0 ml of Klebsiella sp., respectively. D10= 10 ml of control