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

Table 2 Effect of CF of endophytic fungal strains on the growth of Oryza sativa L. cv. Dongjin-beyo rice seedlings

Isolates	Shoot length (cm)	Fresh weight (g)	Chlorophyll contents (SPAD)
Control (Gf)	13.4 ± 0.41b	0.8 ± 0.04b	29.5 ± 0.40b
Control (DW)	10.0 ± 0.42d	0.6 ± 0.06c	20.0 ± 0.62d
CSH-1A	8.7 ± 1.44e	0.5 ± 0.05d	24.3 ± 1.21c
CSH-3C	11.3 ± 0.91c	0.6 ± 0.05c	20.0 ± 0.92d
CSH-6H	15.6 ± 0.27a	1.1 ± 0.05a	31.8 ± 0.21a
CSH-6D	10.6 ± 0.92c	0.4 ± 0.01d	29.3 ± 0.68b
CSH-7C	13.9 ± 1.0b	0.8 ± 0.08b	14.8 ± 0.71e
CSH-5C	10.0 ± 0.44d	0.5 ± 0.05d	15.3 ± 0.93e
CSH-7B	14.8 ± 0.57b	0.8 ± 0.07b	16.9 ± 2.71e
CSH-5D	13.3 ± 0.75b	0.9 ± 0.07b	23.0 ± 0.54c
CSH-8D	13.2 ± 0.41b	0.8 ± 0.02b	29.6 ± 0.73b

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(s) are significantly (P < 0.05) different as determined by DMRT. Values in the table refer to mean ± SD (n = 18).

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