Endophytic fungal association via gibberellins and indole acetic acid can improve plant growth under abiotic stress: an example of Paecilomyces formosus LHL10

Table 1 Effect of CF of endophytic fungal strains isolated from the roots of field grown cucumber plants on the growth of Waito-C rice seedlings

Isolates	Shoot length (cm)	Fresh weight (g)	Chlorophyll contents (SPAD)
Control (Gf)	8.0 ± 0.18b	0.6 ± 0.03b	31.5 ± 0.39b
Control (DW)	6.1 ± 0.11d	0.5 ± 0.06c	29.9 ± 0.16c
CSH-1A	6.6 ± 0.11d	0.2 ± 0.05e	30.1 ± 0.24c
CSH-3C	7.2 ± 0.12c	0.3 ± 0.05d	31.1 ± 1.43b
CSH-6H	9.8 ± 0.19a	0.9 ± 0.05a	32.9 ± 0.13a
CSH-6D	7.3 ± 0.13c	0.4 ± 0.01d	29.3 ± 0.23c
CSH-7C	8.7 ± 0.12b	0.7 ± 0.03b	31.6 ± 0.31b
CSH-5C	8.4 ± 0.12b	0.5 ± 0.05c	31 ± 1.52b
CSH-7B	8.5 ± 0.16b	0.6 ± 0.07b	24.3 ± 1.22d
CSH-5D	8.3 ± 0.20b	0.6 ± 0.07b	31 ± 0.54b
CSH-8D	8.4 ± 0.13b	0.4 ± 0.02d	29.6 ± 0.77c

Control (Gf) = rice seedlings treated with the CF of a wild-type strain of Gibberella fujikuroi KCCM12329; Control (DW) = rice seedlings treated with autoclaved distilled water. SPAD = Soil plant analysis development. In each column, treatment means having different letter are significantly (P < 0.05) different as evaluated by DMRT. Values in the table refer to mean ± SD (n = 18).

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