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Table 1 Effect of liquid formulation of B. subtilis (Bbv 57) on Gerbera cv. Palm Beach (yellow) under pot culture condition

From: Biocontrol of wilt-nematode complex infecting gerbera by Bacillus subtilis under protected cultivation

Treatments

*Shoot length (cm)

*Root length (cm)

*Total no. of flowers/pl

*Stalk length (cm)

*Flower dia (cm)

*Disc dia (cm)

*Flower stalk girth (cm)

*Total no. of normal flowers/pl

*Total no. of bent neck flowers/pl

*Vase life (days)

Nematode population/250 cm3 soil

Percent wilt incidence

T1

27.86c

33.76d

9.30e

39.00d

5.70e

1.33d

0.49b

8.53e

1.34a

8.56c

314.43e

26.30e (30.85)

T2

32.53b

38.46c

13.66d

42.90c

6.86d

2.46b

0.73a

13.66d

0.00b

9.43ab

285.01b

16.73ab (24.14)

T3

31.36b

33.40d

12.80d

43.76bc

6.53d

1.73c

0.76a

12.80d

0.00b

9.06bc

302.73d

23.67d (28.84)

T4

36.26a

48.36a

23.36a

49.70a

9.40a

2.73a

0.76a

23.36a

0.00b

9.97a

203.79a

15.33a (23.04)

T5

32.43b

44.53b

18.50b

45.80bc

8.00c

2.73a

0.49b

18.50b

1.32a

8.86bc

291.13c

20.83c (27.15)

T6

32.80b

49.23a

16.66c

46.53b

8.86b

2.40b

0.47b

16.67c

0.00b

9.46ab

281.73b

18.36b (25.36)

T7

25.23d

34.43d

7.90f

36.33d

6.73d

1.76c

0.37c

7.90e

0.00b

6.73d

715.01f

56.63f (48.81)

SE (d)

0.85

1.16

0.42

1.19

0.21

0.06

0.01

0.41

0.02

0.24

12.09

0.93

  1. In a column, means followed by a common superscript letter are not significantly different at 5% level by DMRT. Values in the parentheses are arcsine transformed values
  2. *Mean of three replications