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Table 3 VAP test—primary root length

From: Plant growth-promoting effects of rhizospheric and endophytic bacteria associated with different tomato cultivars and new tomato hybrids

 

Sample

Primary root length (cm)

Stdev

p-value comparing to the control

Rhizospheric strains

Control

6.94

0.46

 

1

7.90

0.96

0.2

2

7.11

0.43

1.0

3

5.20

0.37

0.001 ***

4

6.88

0.32

1.0

5

5.03

0.75

0.001 ***

6

4.28

0.47

0.001 ***

7

7.12

0.58

1.0

8

6.83

0.47

1.0

Root endophytes

Control

7.51

0.81

 

9

6.19

0.22

0.048 *

10

3.77

0.85

0.001 ***

11

7.60

0.54

1.0

12

6.84

0.37

0.8

13

7.60

0.53

1.0

14

6.98

0.76

0.95

15

4.69

0.64

0.001 ***

16

6.02

0.52

0.02 *

17

6.33

0.70

0.1

18

6.20

0.50

0.053 +

  1. Primary root length measurement after 8 days growth. Control: Arabidopsis thaliana VAPs not inoculated; Stdev standard deviation
  2. Statistical analysis: significant differences *0.01 < p < 0.05, **0.001 < p < 0.01, ***p < 0.001; not significant but relevant differences +0.05 < p < 0.1