4.2. Plant growth under green house and field conditions
The performance of commercial products was variable and was
highly (greatly) influenced by the composition of the microorganisms,
soil conditions and stage of plant development. Bacterial
based products (Subtilex, PHC Biopak and PHC colonize) performed
better than fungal based products (Rhizatech, MYCOR and
Table 6
Effect of commercial microbiological inoculation on growth of tissue cultured banana plantlets at on-set of flowering: 7 months after field establishment.
Treatment Apparent Volume Leaf surface area Number of functional leaves
Humic Nitisol Vertisol Rhodic Ferralsol Humic Nitisol Vertisol Rhodic Ferralsol Humic Nitisol Vertisol Rhodic Ferralsol