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Table 2 Effect of bacterial isolates on the growth of tomato plants infected by Meloidogyne javanica

From: Biocontrol potential of bacterial isolates from vermicompost and earthworm against the root-knot nematode Meloidogyne javanica infecting tomato plants

Treatments

Shoot fresh weight (g)

Shoot dry weight (g)

Root fresh weight (g), with nematode

With nematode

Without nematode

With nematode

Without nematode

Bacillus megaterium C3

29 a–c

29 a–c

3.47 a–c

3.90 a–d

7.17 a

Bacillus safensis VW3

35 a

35 a

4.72 ab

5 a

4.27 a

Lysinibacillus fusiformis C1

25 a–d

30 ab

3.77 a–d

3.85 a–d

4.10 a

Lysinibacillus sp. VW6

17 c–e

32 a

2.25 d–f

3.50 a–c

4.05 a

Pseudomonas resinovorans VW4

18 b–d

27 a–d

2.52 d–f

3.02 de

5.47 a

Sphingobacterium daejeonense LV1

23 a–d

35 a

1.90 e

4.82 a

4.62 a

Water

8.65 e

13 d

1.27 f

1.75 e

4.58 a

  1. Data are the means of 4 replicates. Values in the same column followed by the same letter(s) are not significantly different (P ≤ 0.05), according to Duncan’s multiple range test