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Table 3 Mean comparison of plant growth factors in greenhouse experiment

From: Potential of some endophytic bacteria in biological control of root-knot nematode Meloidogyne incognita

Treatments

Root length (cm)

Root wet weight (gr)

Root dry weight (gr)

Shoot length (cm)

Shoot wet weight (gr)

Shoot dry weight (gr)

A5**

35.75 a*

7.12 bcd

0.46 cd

57.00 a

20.97 cde

2.67 abc

A6

33.50 ab

8.37 abcd

0.52 cd

59.25 a

20.37 cde

1.95 bc

A2

31.75 ab

12.57 a

0.53 cd

49.25 ab

35.20 a

6.35 a

A1

31.45 ab

7.53 bcd

0.44 cd

44.75 b

19.00 cde

2.52 abc

A3

27.27 abc

9.56 abc

0.49 cd

46.50 b

19.78 cde

3.35 ab

A4

27 .00 abc

4.67 d

0.33 d

43.82 b

19.57 cde

4.12 ab

B1

26.75 abcd

10.02 ab

0.76 cd

49.50 ab

23.35 ab

3.37 ab

C2

25.25 abcd

10.47 ab

0.77 bcd

48.92 ab

20.57 cde

2.82 abc

C1

25.00 abcd

9.15 abcd

1.57 a

38.95 b

11.57 e

1.27 c

B2

24.57 bcd

9.79 abc

1.36 ab

42.75 b

24.20 bcd

2.57 abc

B3

23.45 cd

12.70 a

1.35 ab

42.00 b

26.17 bc

3.35 ab

B6

23.00 cd

5.22 cd

0.80 bcd

44.10 b

18.12 cde

1.87 bc

B5

22.25 cd

6.22 bcd

1.05 abc

49.25 ab

15.30 de

1.26 c

B4

20.84 d

7.82 bcd

0.95 bcd0

43.75 b

21.25 cde

3.42 ab

  1. *Means with same letter are not significantly different according to Duncan’s test (P ≤ 0.05)
  2. A1 (Bacillus wiedmannii), A2 (Pseudoxantomonas mexicana), A3 (Pseudomonas thivervalensis), A4 (Serratia liquefaciens), A5 (Pseudomonas chlororaphis), A6 (Pseudomonas fluorescens), B1 (B. wiedmannii + nematode), B2 (P. thivervalensis + nematode), B3 (P. thivervalensis + nematode), B4 (S. liquefaciens + nematode), B5 (P. chlororaphis + nematode), B6 (P. fluorescens + nematode), C1 (nematode only), and C2 (without bacteria and nematode)