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Table 2 Effect of seed treatment with a combination of PGPR and Trichoderma strains on bacterial wilt incidence under greenhouse conditions

From: Efficacy of indigenous plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria and Trichoderma strains in eliciting resistance against bacterial wilt in a tomato

Treatments

Disease incidence (%)

Disease protection (%)

Control

98.1m

0.0a

B. subtilis SE34 + T. asperellum T8

40.3def

57.8hij

B. subtilis SE34 + T. harzianum UNS35

41.2efgh

56.9fghi

B. subtilis SE34 + T. longibrachiatum UNS11

42.6jkl

55.5bcd

B. subtilis SE34 + T. viride UNS42

41.4ghij

56.7defg

B. amyloliquefaciens IN937a + T. asperellum T8

41.3fghi

56.8efgh

B. amyloliquefaciens IN937a + T. harzianum UNS35

43.2l

54.9b

B. amyloliquefaciens IN937a + T. longibrachiatum UNS11

40.2de

57.9hij

B. amyloliquefaciens IN937a + T. viride UNS42

41.8ghijk

56.3cdefg

P. fluorescens Pf3 + T. asperellum T8

38.3bc

59.8kl

P. fluorescens Pf3 + T. harzianum UNS35

38.6bc

59.5kl

P. fluorescens Pf3 + T. longibrachiatum UNS11

36.2a

61.9m

P. fluorescens Pf3 + T. viride UNS42

38.8c

59.3k

  1. Means of three replications, followed by the letters according to Duncan’s multiple range tests (DMRT). Means sharing different alphabetical (a–m) superscripts in a column significantly different (P < 0.05). Control - R. solanacearum-treated plants