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Table 3 Effect of Bacillus aryabhattai KMT-4 on plant growth after 45 days of treatment in pot experiments on brinjal (Solanum melongena L.)

From: On the potential of Bacillus aryabhattai KMT-4 against Meloidogyne javanica

Treatment#

Plant height (cm)^

Root fresh weight (g)^

Root dry weight (g)^

Shoot fresh weight (g)^

Shoot dry weight (g)^

T1

6.5±0.7C

0.4±0.1D

0.08±0.0C

0.8±0.0C

0.1±0.0C

T2

7.6±0.3C

0.7±0.1D

0.13±0.0BC

1.9±0.3BC

0.3±0.0BC

T3

10.3±0.8B

2.9±0.3C

0.19±0.0BC

2.6±0.5B

0.3±0.0BC

T4

10.5±0.7B

4.3±0.5B

0.21±0.0B

1.9±0.5BC

0.5±0.0B

T5

10.6±0.8B

2.5±0.2C

0.18±0.0BC

2.1±0.4BC

0.3±0.1BC

T6

15.3±0.8A

8.3±0.7A

1.19±0.0A

7.2±0.5A

1.6±0.2A

  1. #Treatment—T1, control (RDF); T2, RDF + A. chroococcum Mac27 (108 CFU/ml); T3, RDF + M. javanica; T4, RDF + M. javanica + A. chroococcum Mac27 (108 CFU/ml); T5, RDF + M. javanica + carbofuran at 1 kg a.i/ha; and T6, RDF + M. javanica + isolate KMT-4 (108 CFU/ml)
  2. ^Data presented are the mean ± SE for three replicates of each treatment. Values with the same letter in the same column are not statistically significant using Duncan’s multiple range test (p<0.05)