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Table 5 Plant growth parameters of eggplant affected by Meloidogyne incognita and treated by the selected bacterial isolates under greenhouse conditions

From: Effect of some rhizosphere bacteria on root-knot nematodes

Treatments

Shoot length (cm)

Shoot fresh weight (g)

Shoot dry weight (g)

Root length (cm)

Root fresh weight (g)

Paenibacillus amylolyticus

47.3ab

21.87bc

2.9b

20ab

2.86cd

Brevibacillus agri

43.67bc

18.64de

2.22cd

16.67bc

3.09bcd

Gluconobacter frateurii

47.9a

27.24a

3.53a

23.67a

4.43a

Beijerinkia mobilis

44abc

16.41e

2.15cd

18bc

2.65d

Achromobacter aloeverae

45.67abc

24.65ab

2.48c

16cd

4.34a

Pseudomonas stutzeri

43.33c

25.61a

2.9b

17bc

3.68b

Mixture

42c

21.42cd

2.98b

17.33bc

3.29bc

Micronema

36d

13.33f

1.5e

12.33def

2.57d

Mocap15%

35.33d

12.42fg

1.21ef

12ef

1.9e

Healthy plant

40c

16.37e

2.07d

14.33cde

2.87cd

Infected plant

34.67d

10.1g

1.1f

10.33f

1.6e

LSD at 0.05

3.9987

2.812

0.3709

3.72

0.59

  1. In each column, means followed by the same letters did not differ significantly at (p ≤ 0.05) according to Duncan’s multiple range test