Table 3 Effect of Fe solubilizing bacterial isolates on growth attributes of maize crop under axenic conditions.
Treatments | Shoot length (cm) | Root length (cm) | Shoot fresh weight (g) | Root fresh weight (g) | Shoot dry weight (g) | Root dry weight (g) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Control | 19.63 ± 0.318e | 8.29 ± 0.187g | 0.488 ± 0.083e | 0.380 ± 0.015g | 0.365 ± 0.008g | 0.283 ± 0.008g |
SG4 | 22.55 ± 0.294de | 9.42 ± 0.198f | 0.52 ± 0.006de | 0.457 ± 0.016c–e | 0.41 ± 0.006fg | 0.297 ± 0.009g |
SG7 | 24.05 ± 0.336d | 8.97 ± 0.042 fg | 0.51 ± 0.006e | 0.483 ± 0.014cd | 0.39 ± 0.017g | 0.317 ± 0.009fg |
SG8 | 29.02 ± 0.303b | 12.47 ± 0.088b | 0.68 ± 0.012b | 0.507 ± 0.009c | 0.50 ± 0.003de | 0.383 ± 0.008de |
SG13 | 28.55 ± 0.400b | 10.89 ± 0.177cd | 0.62 ± 0.006c | 0.562 ± 0.009b | 0.60 ± 0.008ab | 0.403 ± 0.003cd |
SG15 | 23.13 ± 0.188d | 9.23 ± 0.170f | 0.58 ± 0.015cd | 0.430 ± 0.01e–g | 0.48 ± 0.005de | 0.364 ± 0.007d–f |
SG24 | 28.67 ± 0.387b | 11.44 ± 0.292c | 0.72 ± 0.009b | 0.583 ± 0.009ab | 0.52 ± 0.006cd | 0.477 ± 0.008ab |
SG30 | 31.01 ± 0.199a | 13.31 ± 0.158a | 0.79 ± 0.088a | 0.634 ± 0.006a | 0.58 ± 0.012bc | 0.500 ± 0.023a |
SG31 | 26.75 ± 0.415c | 10.33 ± 0.110de | 0.57 ± 0.088c–e | 0.442 ± 0.006d–f | 0.45 ± 0.011ef | 0.330 ± 0.011e–g |
SG32 | 23.25 ± 0.179d | 9.71 ± 0.092ef | 0.55 ± 0.007de | 0.400 ± 0.011fg | 0.42 ± 0.012fg | 0.337 ± 0.008e–g |
SG33 | 30.83 ± 0.167a | 12.81 ± 0.135ab | 0.83 ± 0.015a | 0.603 ± 0.003ab | 0.65 ± 0.019a | 0.443 ± 0.009bc |
HSD (p ≤ 0.05) | 1.530 | 0.824 | 0.058 | 0.050 | 0.056 | 0.054 |
