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Table 2 Effect of culture broth, cell pellet, and supernatant of Bacillus subtilis isolate B10 on fresh and dry weight of shoots and roots of tomato plants

From: Biocontrol of the root-knot nematode, Meloidogyne incognita, using an eco-friendly formulation from Bacillus subtilis, lab. and greenhouse studies

TreatmentX

Fresh weight of Shoots (g)

IncreaseZ (%)

Dry weight of shoots (g)

IncreaseZ (%)

Fresh weight of roots (g)

IncreaseZ (%)

Dry weight of roots (g)

IncreaseZ (%)

N

26.4 ± 1.9f*

__

6.1 ± 0.8e

__

14.3 ± 0.4e

__

6.4 ± 0.4f

__

C

69.2 ± 3.6b

61.8

12 ± 1.4bc

49.2

18.4 ± 0.4b

22.3

7.9 ± 0.2bcd

20

CU

74.3 ± 1.4a

64.5

14 ± 0.2a

56.4

21.6 ± 0.8a

33.8

9.5 ± 0.3a

32.6

P

63.5 ± 2c

58.4

13.6 ± 0.1a

55.1

17.8 ± 0.7bc

19.7

8.5 ± 0.2b

24.7

S

57 ± 1.5d

53.7

11.8 ± 0.4c

48.3

15.4 ± 0.3d

7.1

7.3 ± 0.3de

12.3

N + CU

65.9 ± 1.3bc

59.9

13 ± 0.6ab

53.1

17.4 ± 0.6c

17.8

8.2 ± 0.9bc

22

N + P

58.4 ± 1.8d

54.8

11.1 ± 0.3c

45

15.6 ± 1d

8.3

7.5 ± 0.4cde

14.7

N + S

49.9 ± 2.3e

47.1

9.1 ± 0.5d

33

14.9 ± 0.2de

4

6.9 ± 0.2ef

7.2

LSD

3.6

 

1.1

 

1

 

0.7

 
  1. XN, M. incognita; C, untreated control; CU, culture broth; P, cell pellet; S, supernatant; N + CU, M. incognita + culture broth; N + P, M. incognita + cell pellet; N + S, M. incognita + supernatant
  2. ZIncrease % = [treatment-check]/treatment × 100
  3. *Means in each column followed by the identical letter do not differ significantly at P < 0.05 level