Table 6 Effect of different isolates on modulation of germination, growth and development of tomato seedlings through bio-priming. Values are the mean ± SD (n = 3) Different lowercase letters (a, b, c, and d) denote that mean values are significantly different (p ≤ 0.05) by the Duncan test.

50.0

2.93 ± 0.43^a

3.31 ± 0.41^a

312.00 ± 13.31^a

0.177 ± 0.028^a

0.008 ± 0.002^a

73.7

2.91 ± 0.47^a

3.69 ± 0.39^b

486.78 ± 31.98^b

0.189 ± 0.007^ab

0.008 ± 0.001^a

80.0

3.03 ± 0.41^a

4.14 ± 0.38^cd

574.00 ± 31.22^c

0.227 ± 0.017^c

0.011 ± 0.001^b

73.1

3.07 ± 0.40^a

3.93 ± 0.33^bc

512.43 ± 22.97^b

0.202 ± 0.009^bc

0.010 ± 0.002^ab

72.5

3.42 ± 0.38^b

4.23 ± 0.47^d

555.35 ± 18.11^c

0.217 ± 0.018^c

0.010 ± 0.002^ab

70.0

3.16 ± 0.51^ab

4.18 ± 0.50^cd

514.50 ± 16.42^b

0.211 ± 0.022^bc

0.009 ± 0.001^ab