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Table 1 IAA production (µg/ml) at different concentrations of chicken feathers by the strain PF1

From: Ameliorating effects of chicken feathers in plant growth promotion activity by a keratinolytic strain of Bacillus subtilis PF1

Hours

Control

0.25 %

0.50 %

0.75 %

1.0 %

1.5 %

2.0 %

24

8.9 ± 0.7

2.77 ± 0.06

4.75 ± 0.37

6.87 ± 0.66

12.64 ± 1.21*

14.56 ± 1.39*

16.05 ± 2.62*

48

16.8 ± 1.9

3.33 ± 0.39

7.20 ± 0.55

9.19 ± 0.73

17.5 ± 1.17

27.51 ± 1.28*

28.96 ± 2.98*

72

25.76 ± 2.4

3.90 ± 0.15

10.26 ± 0.21

11.85 ± 0.57

22.44 ± 0.96

38.50 ± 2.09*

40.08 ± 3.2*

96

24.6 ± 2.0

4.30 ± 0.55

12.73 ± 0.45

16.46 ± 0.57

27.00 ± 0.84

43.25 ± 2.21*

43.98 ± 2.14*

120

22.1 ± 1.4

5.46 ± 0.47

15.09 ± 0.80

19.94 ± 0.78

33.66 ± 1.0*

45.37 ± 2.11*

46.2 ± 0.21 *

  1. The experiments were performed in triplicate and individual values are depicted as mean ± standard deviation
  2. * Denotes a value significantly greater than the control value (p < 0.05)