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Table 2. Influence of bioinoculants on growth of Capsicum annuum assessed after 45 days

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               Treatments   Shoot          Leaf       Leaf       Seed           Fresh        Dry Weight
                              length       length     Width      Germination  weight (g      (g Plant )
                                                                                                     -1
                                                                                      -1
                              (cm          (cm        (cm        rate (%)       Plant )
                                                -1
                                    -1
                                                            -1
                              Plant )      Plant )    Plant )
               T1             # 6.03 ±     3.27 ±     1.43 ±     50.00 ±        2.03 ±       1.10 ±
                              0.44ab       0.27a      0.15a-c    14.43b-d       0.26c-e      0.10de
               T2             6.03 ±       3.50 ±     1.27 ±     61.11 ±        2.70 ±       1.60 ±

                              0.60ab       0.32a      0.27bc     14.70a-d       0.25bc       0.36cd
               T3             4.10 ±       2.93 ±     1.10 ±     27.77 ±        1.80 ±

                              1.76b        0.79a      0.45c      11.11d         0.12e        0.63 ± 0.24e

               T4             5.27 ±       3.23 ±     1.57 ±     33.33 ±        3.10 ±       1.93 ± 0.15b-
                              1.42ab       0.63a      0.28a-c    9.62cd         0.15b        d

               T5             6.37 ±       3.60 ±     1.77 ±     72.22 ±        2.93 ±       1.93 ± 0.33b-
                              0.67ab       0.46a      0.09a-c    20.03a-c       0.23b        d

               T6             6.67 ±       3.37 ±     1.70 ±     66.66 ±        3.53 ±       2.67 ±
                              0.38ab       0.47a      0.15a-c    19.25a-d       0.52ab       0.58ab

               T7             5.43 ±       3.30 ±     1.40 ±     61.11 ±        3.00 ±       2.07 ± 0.43b-

                              0.97ab       0.40a      0.15a-c    11.11a-d       0.31b        d
               T8             6.93 ±       3.70 ±     1.90 ±     83.33 ±        3.03 ±       2.17 ±

                              0.24ab       0.17a      0.06ab     9.62ab         0.24b        0.26bc

               T9             6.87 ±       3.77 ±     1.87 ±     61.11 ±        2.67 ±       1.77 ± 0.35b-
                              0.87ab       0.09a      0.18ab     5.55a-d        0.23b-d      d

               T10            6.10 ±       2.97 ±     1.47 ±     55.55 ±        3.20 ±       2.30 ±
                              1.30ab       0.47a      0.17a-c    11.11b-d       0.15b        0.21bc

               T11            5.93 ±       2.73 ±     1.17 ±     50.00 ±        1.83 ±       1.07 ±
                              0.28ab       0.15a      0.07c      9.62b-d        0.12de       0.22de

               T12            7.20 ±       4.03 ±     2.03 ±     100.00 ±       4.30 ±

                              0.42a        0.30a      0.12a      0.00a          0.32a        3.27 ± 0.15a
               T13            5.87 ±       3.07 ±     1.37 ±     72.22 ±        2.67 ±       1.87 ± 0.15b-

                              0.29ab       0.07a      0.19a-c    14.70a-c       0.28b-d      d

               F12,38         0.874ns      0.825ns    2.032ns    2.303*         6.686***     5.309***








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