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Table 2 Time intervals to monitor population dynamics and colonization of endophytic bacteria (Rif +) isolates and pathogen inside cucumber root and shoot

From: Biocontrol of angular leaf spot disease and colonization of cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.) by endophytic bacteria

Sampling dates

Monitoring bacterial isolates

1

30 min after seed bacterization

Only EB (Rif +) isolates

2

1 day after seed bacterization and surface disinfection

Only EB (Rif +) isolates

3

First true leaf stage

Only EB (Rif +) isolates

4

1 day after Psl inoculation

Pathogenic bacterium and EB (Rif +) isolates

5

3 days after Psl inoculation

Pathogen and EB (Rif +) isolates

6

7 days after Psl inoculation

Pathogen and EB (Rif +) isolates

7

14 days after Psl inoculation

Pathogen and EB (Rif +) isolates