3.7. Pot trial of the talcum powder formulation
Rice plants treated with 1-month-old talc-formulated UCR3-16 under pot trial conditions showed significant difference in root and shoot lengths, fresh shoot and dry root weights when compared with the control and other treated plants (P ≤ 0.05). Talc powder treated rice plants challenged with pathogen also showed significant increase (P ≤ 0.05) in root and shoot length and, fresh root weight over plants challenged with pathogen alone (Table 6).