Treatment Root length(cm) Shoot length(cm) Fresh biomass weight(g) Dry biomass weight(g)
Control 6.7f 6.5fg 0.5d 0.1d
A-1 13.2bc 10.9b 0.9a 0.5a
A-2 8.4e 10.9b 0.7c 0.4abc
A-3 13.3bc 5.6g 0.7c 0.3c
A-4 12.4cd 8.7cd 0.7bc 0.3c
ACG-1 11.1d 7.5ef 0.6c 0.3c
A-6 13.3bc 9.7bc 0.7c 0.3c
A-7 14.8ab 10.5b 0.9a 0.4bc
A-8 13.7bc 7.9de 0.8ab 0.5ab
A-9 15.8a 13.2a 0.9a 0.5a
ASA-1 14.8ab 10.8b 0.8ab 0.5ab
SEM 0.5 0.4 0.03 0.03
CD at 5 % 1.4 1.1 0.1 0.1
CV % 6.6 6.9 7.8 16.0
Note: Treatment means with the letter/letters in common are not significant by Duncan’s New Multiple Range Test at 5% level of significance.
Table 4: In vitro efficacy testing of isolates on maize cv. GM-3.