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From: Herbicide-tolerant endophytic bacteria of rice plants as the biopriming agents for fertility recovery and disease suppression of unhealthy rice seeds

Fig. 5

Impacts of seed biopriming on seed germination and seedling growth. Germination percentage (a), germination index (b), mean germination time (c), disease incidence (d), and length of seedlings’ roots (e) and shoots (f) are the evaluating factors. Five bacterial isolates (CPS003, CZR007, CZS004, CZS006, and CZL003) were used for seed biopriming. Bioprimed unhealthy seeds (UHS) were tested in comparison with the controls made of non-treated (No) or hydroprimed healthy (HS) and UHS. Error bars are mean values ± SDs of 100 seeds per each test and with four replicates in total. The statistical comparison of means between HS (μ1) and UHS (μ2) without priming was conducted using the independent-samples t-test at P = 0.05. The statistical differences of means compared by one-way ANOVA with Tukey’s post hoc test at P ≤ 0.05 are indicated with small case letters for every type of primed seeds (within the same priming duration) and with the Roman numbers for the comparison between any tests and controls. The data derived from any bioprimed seeds were calculated as a mean, regardless of the different bacteria tested

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