Table 2 Effect of S. marcescens (OK482790) inoculation, to soil or by seed coating on wheat’ shoots and roots height, fresh and dry weights, in comparison to uninoculated plants (Control). Data represents the means of 20 independent replica ± SD

Control

10.19^b ± 0.24

5.29^c ± 0.27

0.040^b ± 0.0067

0.088^a ± 0.039

0.0068^c ± 0.0007

0.022^a ± 0.018

Seed coating

12.72^a ± 0.35

7.32^b ± 0.31

0.093^ab ± 0.0047

0.088^a ± 0.0047

0.0156^b ± 0.0007

0.024^a ± 0.0034

Soil inoculation

13.3^a ± 0.46

11.06^a ± 0.77

0.158^a ± 0.041

0.10^b ± 0.0046

0.0185^a ± 0.0009

0.024^a ± 0.0011

LSD at 0.05%

2.53

2.03

0.118

0.089

0.002

NS

NS: indicates no significance