Table 5 Influence of Pseudomonas putida, Bacillus subtilis, and their mixtures on the chlorophyll content, and the activities of SOD, CAT, PPO, and PAL of beetroot infected with two/three pathogens simultaneously in a disease complex incited by Meloidogyne incognita, Pectobacterium betavasculorum, and Rhizoctonia solani

Control

C

53.3^d

5.18 ^k

6.63^l

26.34^o

52.37^q

M + P

25.4ⁿ

7.87^ij

9.42^jk

31.63^m

59.43^o

M + R

24.2ⁿ

8.11^hi

9.51^jk

30.51^m

57.62^o

P + R

27.3^m

7.64^j

9.16^k

34.26^l

61.54ⁿ

M + P + R

21.6^o

8.43^h

9.74^j

28.32ⁿ

55.72^p

B. subtilis

C

58.3^c

10.13^g

9.31^jk

49.53^k

70.37^m

M + P

33.4^j

12.89^d

13.83^def

57.47^g

77.42^ij

M + R

31.5^k

12.73^d

13.64^efg

55.63^h

76.33^jk

P + R

36.3^h

12.12^e

14.14^de

60.43^f

81.47^fg

M + P + R

27.4 ^m

11.63^f

13.12^h

53.54ⁱ

73.34 ^l

P. putida

C

60.2^b

11.21^f

10.43ⁱ

51.47^j

71.43^m

M + P

35.5^hi

12.95^d

13.94^def

58.53^g

79.61^gh

M + R

34.2^ij

12.87^d

13.75^defg

57.82^g

78.32^hi

P + R

38.4^g

12.21^e

14.22^d

62.31^e

82.64^f

M + P + R

29.3^l

11.62^f

13.54^fgh

54.55^hi

74.57^kl

B. subtilis + P. putida

C

67.4^a

13.73^c

13.24^gh

65.43^d

91.51^e

M + P

43.1^f

17.44^ab

17.56^b

70.63^b

105.31^b

M + R

41.6^f

17.32^ab

17.42^b

68.54^c

103.28^c

P + R

46.5^e

17.65^a

18.11^a

75.32^a

109.37^a

M + P + R

35.2^hij

17.04^b

16.34^c

65.44^d

98.23^d

LSD p = 0.05

Bioagents (B)

0.80

0.19

0.22

0.70

0.83

Pathogens (P)

0.90

0.21

0.24

0.78

0.93

B × P

1.80

0.43

0.49

1.56

1.87

3.55

2.88

3.13

2.35

1.90