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Table 5 Effect of PSB inoculum on in vitro dry root of rice.

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

Dry root length (cm) on

4DAS

5DAS

6DAS

2WAS

3WAS

4WAS

A/10

2.0 ± 0.11a

3.2 ± 0.46a

4.1 ± 0.15a

4.8 ± 0.10a

6.8 ± 0.52a

7.3 ± 0.03a

A/7.5

1.1 ± 0.08b

2.6 ± 0.15b

3.3 ± 0.16b

4.1 ± 0.18b

5.7 ± 0.20b

6.1 ± 0.04b

A/5

1.2 ± 0.17b

2.3 ± 0.12c

3.4 ± 0.03b

3.9 ± 0.36b

5.4 ± 0.04c

5.9 ± 0.11c

B/10

0.5 ± 0.16c

1.3 ± 0.05d

2.4 ± 0.03c

3.3 ± 0.17c

4.5 ± 0.11d

5.0 ± 0.32d

B/7.5

0.7 ± 0.00c

1.0 ± 0.06e

2.1 ± 0.07d

2.8 ± 0.26d

4.4 ± 0.40d

4.8 ± 0.43e

B/5

0.2 ± 0.05d

1.2 ± 0.06de

2.4 ± 0.06c

3.2 ± 0.18c

4.0 ± 0.25e

4.3 ± 0.11f

C/10

1.2 ± 0.65b

2.0 ± 0.31f

2.8 ± 0.23e

3.5 ± 0.05cb

6.0 ± 0.32f

7.0 ± 0.09a

C/7.5

2.3 ± 0.00a

2.7 ± 0.79b

3.1 ± 0.14b

3.5 ± 0.05cb

5.2 ± 0.07cg

5.6 ± 0.78c

C/5

0.2 ± 0.00d

1.0 ± 0.06e

1.8 ± 0.32f

2.9 ± 0.33d

5.0 ± 0.35g

5.5 ± 0.54c

D/10

0.2 ± 0.15d

1.1 ± 0.09d

1.4 ± 0.90g

2.1 ± 0.08e

4.1 ± 0.05e

4.6 ± 0.32e

  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.