Table 5 Effect of endophytic yeast isolates on vegetative growth of tomato plants in natural soil and soil amended with neem cake in field plot experiment
Treatments | Growth parameters | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Shoot length (cm) | Shoot weight (g) | Root length (cm) | Root weight (g) | No. of fruits/plant | Weight of fruits/plant (g) | |||||||
Time (days) | ||||||||||||
45d | 90d | 45d | 90d | 45d | 90d | 45d | 90d | 45d | 90d | 45d | 90d | |
Control | 18.5 | 32.56 | 15 | 54.12 | 9.5 | 17.31 | 1.62 | 3.38 | – | 6.25 | – | 14.28 |
Carbendazim (Cd) | 21.63 | 34.31 | 18.13 | 30.23 | 11.56 | 18.38 | 0.99 | 2.04 | – | 0.5 | – | 4.21 |
Neem cake (NC) @ 1% | 23.63 | 39.56 | 22.06 | 51.22 | 16.25 | 22.38 | 1.71 | 3.76 | – | 2.25 | – | 5.96 |
Cd + NC | 22.19 | 40.9 | 48.56 | 64.42 | 15.75 | 23.44 | 1.92 | 3.94 | – | 1.63 | – | 6.19 |
Debaryomyces hansenii (Y-17) | 27.5 | 34.93 | 21.38 | 35.39 | 11.39 | 21.44 | 1.63 | 2.52 | – | 2.25 | – | 16.93 |
Y-17 + NC | 30.06 | 46 | 56.63 | 78.84 | 16.13 | 27.19 | 1.97 | 4.56 | – | 5.33 | – | 15 |
Meyerozyma guilliermondii (Y-62) | 28.5 | 34.06 | 14.75 | 28.67 | 9.38 | 17.13 | 0.76 | 1.88 | – | 0.58 | – | 2.53 |
Y-62 + NC | 38 | 57.25 | 94.56 | 141.89 | 20.19 | 31.31 | 3.38 | 7.22 | – | 8.3 | – | 4.24 |
Debaryomyces hansenii (Y-34) | 31.31 | 44 | 34.4 | 51.32 | 15.75 | 23.94 | 1.88 | 3.64 | – | 4.5 | – | 5.64 |
Y-34 + NC | 35.75 | 49.37 | 63.68 | 84.57 | 14.5 | 27.69 | 4.99 | 5.38 | – | 4.4 | – | 10.52 |
LSD0.05 | 1.77a | 14.4a | 5.13a | 61.03a | 3.88a | 7.9a | NS | NS | – | NS | – | NS |