Table 3 Comparison of means of shoot fresh weight, shoot dry weight, root-galling indices and egg-mass indices of Meloidogyne incognita-inoculated tomato plants, following bacterial treatments (mean ± SD)

Control +

54.70 ± 10.78d

12.92 ± 3.47 cd

0.778 ± 0.000a

0.778 ± 0.000a

Control −

111.10 ± 25.37a

18.29 ± 4.52a

0.000 ± 0.000d

0.000 ± 0.000c

ZHA246

63.40 ± 15.61 cd

13.91 ± 2.01bcd

0.762 ± 0.033ab

0.754 ± 0.038ab

ZHA235

60.30 ± 16.73d

13.60 ± 3.34bcd

0.754 ± 0.038ab

0.737 ± 0.060ab

ZHA90

91.00 ± 19.56b

15.85 ± 1.63b

0.739 ± 0.042b

0.739 ± 0.042ab

ZHA17

78.90 ± 23.35bc

14.44 ± 1.09bc

0.754 ± 0.038ab

0.745 ± 0.060ab

ZHA212

64.90 ± 8.85 cd

13.94 ± 1.67bcd

0.762 ± 0.033ab

0.762 ± 0.033ab

ZHA215

66.70 ± 9.68 cd

14.00 ± 1.15bcd

0.778 ± 0.000a

0.762 ± 0.033ab

ZHA287

67.10 ± 11.45 cd

13.75 ± 1.62bcd

0.770 ± 0.025ab

0.770 ± 0.025ab

ZHA579

70.50 ± 20.14 cd

14.48 ± 1.15bc

0.737 ± 0.060b

0.737 ± 0.060ab

ZHA191

72.80 ± 24.24 cd

13.94 ± 1.43bcd

0.754 ± 0.038ab

0.747 ± 0.041ab

ZHA308

59.30 ± 11.94d

13.17 ± 1.46 cd

0.778 ± 0.000a

0.778 ± 0.000a

ZHA178

58.40 ± 15.29d

13.36 ± 1.01 cd

0.697 ± 0.042c

0.729 ± 0.059b

ZHA57

57.50 ± 13.93d

12.95 ± 1.27 cd

0.754 ± 0.038ab

0.761 ± 0.056ab

ZHA569

65.40 ± 19.64 cd

11.96 ± 3.74d

0.762 ± 0.033ab

0.778 ± 0.000a

ZHA296

71.80 ± 20.56 cd

15.90 ± 2.26b

0.678 ± 0.058c

0.727 ± 0.073b

ZHA88

63.20 ± 10.49 cd

13.75 ± 1.48bcd

0.770 ± 0.025ab

0.770 ± 0.025ab