Table 4 Effect of plant growth-promoting fungi (PGPF) colonization on the growth of onion plants with or without the infection of Sclerotium cepivorum under greenhouse conditions
Treatments | Plant height (cm) | Root length (cm) | Bulb perimeter (cm) | Dry weight (g) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
No pathogen | Pathogen | No pathogen | Pathogen | No pathogen | Pathogen | No pathogen | Pathogen | |
Control | 46.81e | 5.27d | 11.69e | 4.76f | 8.52e | 5.00f | 14.50d | 5.08f |
Folicur | 48.54d | 10.36b | 12.61d | 7.29c | 8.60e | 12.03c | 14.56d | 12.03c |
GS8-1 | 54.64b | 12.12a | 15.17b | 8.17a | 9.75c | 14.36a | 17.59b | 14.36a |
GS8-3 | 50.48c | 8.43c | 13.92c | 6.01d | 9.45cd | 10.23d | 16.19c | 10.13d |
SKT-1 | 57.29a | 11.76a | 16.35a | 7.85b | 10.65a | 13.09b | 18.76a | 13.09b |
GF18-3 | 48.81d | 7.95c | 13.01d | 5.64e | 9.04d | 9.13e | 15.75c | 9.23e |
GP17-2 | 56.15ab | 10.86b | 15.14b | 7.35c | 10.13b | 12.57bc | 17.92b | 12.57bc |