2.5. Statistical analysis
Statistical analyses were carried out by using the software
package SPSS version 17.0. Data were analyzed using analysis of
variance (ANOVA). Significant differences between means were
compared using Fisher’s protected LSD test at P = 0.05.
2.6. Nucleotide sequence accession numbers
The National Center for Biotechnology Information GenBank
accession numbers for the sequences of endophytic strains are
from KM016880 to KM016893, KM043885 and HM153774 to
HM153802.