Influence of microbial consortium on plant growth parameters of China aster and gaillardia seedlings measured 60 days after seeding
| Growth parameters | China aster | Gaillardia | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Uninoculated control | Inoculated | SE | D-value | Uninoculated control | Inoculated | SE | D-value | |
| Shoot length (cm) | 3.05 | 7.11 | 0.97 | 0.5** | 4.99 | 7.87 | 0.66 | 1.9** |
| Root length (cm) | 4.48 | 8.79 | 1.01 | 0.5** | 6.15 | 17.99 | 2.61 | 0.5** |
| Seedling length (cm) | 7.53 | 15.90 | 1.98 | 0.8*** | 11.14 | 25.84 | 3.23 | 1.3*** |
| Stem diameter (mm) | 1.58 | 2.51 | 0.25 | 0.6** | 1.29 | 2.18 | 0.20 | 1.5*** |
| Biovolume index | 4.82 | 17.85 | 3.24 | 1.2*** | 6.43 | 17.15 | 2.37 | 2.0*** |
| Germination rate (%) | 52.00 | 80.50 | 7.26 | 0.6** | 52.50 | 89.50 | 8.24 | 0.6** |
| Plant strength (dry matter/unit area) | 0.0163 | 0.0169 | 0.001 | 0.3* | 0.0088 | 0.0152 | 0.001 | 0.3* |
| Vigor index | 389.2 | 1274.65 | 198.78 | 1.0*** | 583.45 | 2326.85 | 394.01 | 0.9*** |
| Dry weight (g) | 0.050 | 0.120 | 0.02 | 1.2*** | 0.044 | 0.120 | 0.02 | 1.2*** |
Effect of microbial consortium on the nutrient uptake of China aster and gaillardia measured in 60-dayold seedlings
| Nutrients | China aster | Gaillardia | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Uninoculated control | Inoculated | SE | D-value | Uninoculated control | Inoculated | SE | D-value | |
| N (%) | 1.87 | 2.11 | 0.07 | 0.5** | 1.94 | 2.06 | 0.03 | 0.4* |
| P2O5 (%) | 0.07 | 0.12 | 0.01 | 0.4* | 0.06 | 0.10 | 0.01 | 0.3* |
| K2O (%) | 1.60 | 2.68 | 0.25 | 1.0*** | 1.95 | 2.19 | 0.06 | 0.8*** |
| Ca (%) | 1.99 | 2.25 | 0.06 | 0.4* | 2.18 | 2.67 | 0.11 | 0.6** |
| Mg (%) | 1.54 | 1.76 | 0.05 | 0.7** | 0.93 | 1.56 | 0.14 | 0.6** |
| Zn (ppm) | 97 | 208 | 24.76 | 0.7** | 72.03 | 129.8 | 13.07 | 0.5** |
| Fe (ppm) | 3181 | 3937 | 169.12 | 1.1*** | 2460 | 3775 | 293.41 | 0.8*** |
| Cu (ppm) | 108 | 129 | 5.16 | 0.9*** | 59.03 | 105.1 | 10.48 | 0.3* |
| Mn (ppm) | 81 | 149 | 15.45 | 1.3*** | 74.75 | 92.05 | 3.94 | 1.2*** |
| B (ppm) | 57 | 69 | 3.21 | 0.8*** | 56.47 | 83.62 | 6.05 | 1.3*** |
| Mo (ppm) | 80 | 172 | 20.56 | 1.0*** | 62.16 | 99.24 | 8.48 | 1.2*** |