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Table 4 Growth promotion test by roll towel method

From: Culture-dependent analysis of seed bacterial endophyte, Pseudomonas spp. EGN 1 against the stem rot disease (Sclerotium rolfsii Sacc.) in groundnut

Isolates

Vigour index

Germination (%)

Root length (cm)

Shoot length (cm)

EGN 1

4286.70a

86.6 (68.6)a

25.0 (29.9)b

24.5 (29.66)a

EGN 4

2895.35c

73.3 (58.9)c

19.5 (29.9)c

21.0 (26.56)c

TNAU Pf 1

4040.00b

80.0 (63.4)b

27.0 (31.3)a

23.5 (28.99)b

EPC 5

2599.74d

66.66 (54.7)d

18.0 (25.10)d

20.0 (27.27)d

Control

1466.57e

53.33 (46.9)e

11.5 (19.8)e

16.0 (23.58)e

  1. Values are the means of three replicates. Means in a column followed by same letters are not significantly different according to Duncan’s multiple range test at P = 0.05. Values in parentheses are arcsine transformed values