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Table 2 Comparison of means of plant height, root fresh weight, and root dry weight of Meloidogyne incognita-inoculated tomato plants, following bacterial treatments (mean ± SD)

From: Effect of some plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria strains on root-knot nematode, Meloidogyne incognita, on tomatoes

Treatments

Plant height (cm)

Root fresh weight (g)

Root dry weight (g)

Control +

50.78 ± 3.70d

30.2 ± 11.5bcd

4.45 ± 1.95a–d

Control −

56.23 ± 3.31abc

21.1 ± 7.53e

2.78 ± 1.52d

ZHA246

55.55 ± 6.54abc

31.6 ± 9.57a–d

3.46 ± 1.55 cd

ZHA235

54.83 ± 5.77a–d

35.8 ± 8.23a–d

3.90 ± 1.57 cd

ZHA90

56.45 ± 4.70abc

40.4 ± 9.49a

6.05 ± 2.35a

ZHA17

57.68 ± 4.36ab

36.8 ± 10.02a–d

4.93 ± 2.08abc

ZHA212

53.03 ± 4.10bcd

33.4 ± 3.47abcd

3.98 ± 0.94 cd

ZHA215

55.93 ± 3.29abc

34.6 ± 5.10a–d

3.58 ± 0.87 cd

ZHA287

56.10 ± 4.02abc

33.5 ± 9.01a–d

3.96 ± 1.51 cd

ZHA579

56.32 ± 5.68abc

37.5 ± 11.86abc

5.67 ± 1.25ab

ZHA191

54.83 ± 3.54a–d

27.3 ± 10.56de

3.16 ± 1.54 cd

ZHA308

55.33 ± 5.20a–d

39.5 ± 8.45ab

5.70 ± 2.19ab

ZHA178

52.30 ± 4.85 cd

34.7 ± 8.15a–d

4.40 ± 1.23a–d

ZHA57

56.33 ± 3.58abc

31.6 ± 9.50a–d

3.57 ± 1.17 cd

ZHA569

59.03 ± 3.04a

28.0 ± 10.55 cde

3.81 ± 2.29 cd

ZHA296

54.42 ± 6.20a–d

28.9 ± 9.35cde

3.71 ± 2.07 cd

ZHA88

56.75 ± 3.48abc

32.6 ± 6.54a–d

4.08 ± 1.24bcd

  1. Data are means of 10 replications; means, followed by the same letter within a column, are not different according to Duncan’s multiple-range test (P ≤ 0.05)