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Table 4 Influence of soil isolates and salinity conditions on growth parameters after 20 days of assessment on maize plants

From: Maize growth response to different Bacillus strains isolated from a salt-marshland area under salinity stress

Isolate

Bacterial name

Shoot DW (cm)

Root DW (cm)

Shoot length

Root length

Salinity

Control

Salinity

Control

Salinity

Control

Salinity

Control

33

B. cereus

93.25

120.75

170.75

243.25

24.25

28.50

4.75

4.50

34

B. cereus

73.25

93.25

140.75

178.25

19.00

24.50

3.63

6.00

35

B. cereus

53.25

80.75

160.75

305.75

12.75

25.00

2.75

4.75

36

B. atrophaeus

65.75

123.25

180.75

313.25

14.75

25.50

4.00

4.75

37

B. subtilis

63.25

120.75

160.75

273.25

16.75

29.25

3.63

4.75

38

B. thuringiensis

60.75

123.25

160.75

448.25

15.00

27.25

4.25

7.00

39

B. cereus

35.75

88.25

108.25

98.25

9.50

21.00

2.00

3.75

73

B. subtilis

105.75

135.75

285.75

215.75

21.25

25.50

3.75

6.00

74

B. cereus

138.25

103.25

410.75

173.25

28.75

23.00

5.38

4.50

89

B. cereus

83.25

85.75

173.25

245.25

19.00

26.50

4.00

5.25

90

B. atrophaeus

103.25

98.25

290.75

228.25

18.50

27.50

4.00

5.63

91

B. cereus

85.75

135.75

208.25

235.75

19.75

27.75

3.75

5.75

104

B. cereus

45.75

85.75

185.75

235.75

14.00

22.25

3.00

5.00

105

B. cereus

43.25

68.25

285.75

198.25

13.50

20.00

2.75

3.50

106

B. cereus

58.25

103.25

200.75

193.25

13.50

23.25

3.75

5.25

120

B. thuringiensis

65.75

108.25

150.75

210.75

20.25

29.75

3.25

4.50

121

B. cereus

65.75

120.75

130.75

220.75

15.75

26.00

4.75

5.50

128

B. cereus

60.75

110.75

160.75

148.25

14.25

26.50

3.38

6.00

129

B. cereus

60.75

65.75

130.75

130.75

17.25

20.75

3.38

3.88

130

B. cereus

88.25

78.25

193.25

160.75

24.50

20.50

4.25

4.00

146

B. cereus

73.25

85.75

135.75

203.25

19.75

23.50

4.50

4.25

147

B. cereus

50.75

80.75

155.75

138.25

14.50

21.75

4.00

4.00

148

B. cereus

45.75

75.75

110.75

178.25

13.75

23.75

3.50

3.13

149

B. cereus

55.75

88.25

203.25

330.75

10.50

24.25

2.88

4.50

150

Control +

73.25

103.25

155.75

170.75

19.50

30.75

4.13

6.13

152

Control -

0.00

88.25

0.00

208.25

0.00

32.25

0.00

9.00

LSD Value

0.04026911

0.4855884

13.33303

9.250745