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Table 6 Effects of endophytic bacteria inoculation on rice seed germination

From: Antagonistic activities of endophytic bacteria isolated from rice roots against the fungus Magnaporthe oryzae, a causal of rice blast disease

Treatments

3 days

5 days

7 days

Germination rate (%)

Germination rate (%)

Germination rate (%)

Shoot length (cm)

Root length (cm)

Control

43.21c

71.34c

95.21b

1.38 ± 0.18b

1.23 ± 0.15a

ND06

51.53b

80.27b

95.89b

2.09 ± 0.23a

2.05 ± 0.53b

ND10

55.65a

86.78a

97.61a

2.17 ± 0.24a

2.49 ± 0.27b

  1. The data represent the mean ± standard error (SE) (n = 20); Values in the same column with the same letter(s) are not significantly different as determined by the HSD test (P < 0.05)