Each seed was planted into a culture tube containing 5 mL of nitrogen-free rice growth medium (Elbeltagy et al. 2001), and inoculated with each bacterial isolate (approximately 108 CFU mL−1).
Each seed was planted into a culture tube containing5 mL of nitrogen-free rice growth medium (Elbeltagy et al.2001), and inoculated with each bacterial isolate (approximately108 CFU mL−1).