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Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control

Table 1 The number of culturable endophytes from different varieties of maize seedling roots potted in the different soils

From: Diversity of root endophytic bacteria from maize seedling involved in biocontrol and plant growth promotion

Type of soil

Variety of maize

Type of bacteria

Colony (CFUg−1 fresh root)

Proportion (%)

Organic matter

Huidan 4

26

1.40 × 105

24.60

Diangu 166

26

1.87 × 105

32.98

Diangu 1

26

1.10 × 105

19.33

Red loam

Huidan 4

18

4.15 × 104

7.31

Diangu 166

16

3.90 × 104

6.87

Diangu 1

16

1.01 × 104

1.78

Sandy loam

Huidan 4

16

1.56 × 104

2.75

Diangu 166

16

1.00 × 104

1.77

Diangu 1

14

1.49 × 104

2.62

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