Colonization of Morus alba L. by the plant-growth-promoting and antagonistic bacterium Burkholderia cepacia strain Lu10-1

Table 1 Plant-growth-promoting effects of Lu10-1 on mulberry seedlings.

Planting soil	Days after inoculation	Height (cm)		Root fresh weight (g/plant)		Seedling fresh weight (g/plant)
		Inoculated	Control	Inoculated	Control	Inoculated	Control
Sterile soil	7	12.9a^(a)	12.7a	0.032a	0.032a	0.104a	0.101a
	14	25.4a	18.8b	0.106a	0.071b	0.254a	0.195b
	21	31.5a	22.5b	0.121a	0.082b	0.311a	0.238b
Non-sterile soil	7	13.1a	13.0a	0.040a	0.032a	0.110a	0.109b
	14	24.4a	18.4b	0.107a	0.074b	0.244a	0.195b
	21	31.2a	22.2b	0.120a	0.080b	0.308a	0.236b

(^a) The same letters within a column mean that no significant differences exist between the numbers; the values are the means of all the seedlings sampled.

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