Fig. 1
Biological assays. Effect of Bacillus amyloliquefaciens (Bs006) and Pseudomonas fluorescens (Ps006) on banana growth compared to the control (no PGPR inoculation). Nine variables were evaluated in 55-days-old seedlings after inoculation: height (cm), leaf area (cm2), pseudostem thickness (mm), total fresh weight, including shoot and root (g/plant), root fresh weight (g/plant), shoot fresh weight (g/plant), total dry weight (g/plant), and shoot dry weight (g/plant). Samples inoculated with Bacillus amyloliquefaciens, Pseudomonas fluorescens, and the control (no PGPR inoculation) are depicted as light-grey, dark-grey and white, respectively. Asterisk (*) denotes p-value < 0.0001 in treated samples compared to the control