Plant growth-promoting activities of Streptomyces spp. in sorghum and rice

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Table 1 Evaluation of the five Streptomyces strains antagonistic to FOC for their plant growth promotion potential in sorghum under greenhouse conditions

Treatment	Plant height (cm)	Leaf area (cm²)	Stem weight (g)	Leaf weight (g)	Root length (m plant^-1)	Surface area (cm²plant^-1)	Root volume (cm³plant^-1)	Root dry weight (g plant^-1)
CAI-24	114	560	5.42	2.28	90	1003	10.2	0.92
CAI-121	122	580	5.55	2.32	80	905	9.0	0.84
CAI-127	100	624	5.09	2.35	88	922	9.3	0.87
KAI-32	124	507	6.39	2.21	82	991	10.5	0.89
KAI-90	130	589	7.03	2.41	78	973	10.5	1.01
Control	86	504	5.06	2.16	76	903	8.8	0.81
Mean	113	561	5.76	2.29	82	949	9.7	0.89
SE±	4.9***	27.5*	0.471*	0.048*	3.4*	13.9***	0.42*	0.036*
LSD (5%)	14.9	83.0	1.421	0.146	10.0	42.0	1.28	0.109
CV%	9	10	16	4	8	3	9	8

SE = standard error; LSD = least significant difference; CV = coefficient of variance; * = statistically significant at p = 0.05; *** = statistically significant at p = 0.001.