Table 3 Changes in tomato plant growth parameters after treatment with abamectin, emmectin benzoate, colocynth, marigold, moringa, rhizobacteria, and Purpureocillium lilacinum in comparison with plants infected with Meloiodogyne incognita under greenhouse conditions
Treatments | Fresh root weight (g) (% increase) | Fresh shoot weight (g) (% increase) | Fresh weight of leaves (g) (% increase) | Stem diameter (mm) (% increase) | Plant height (cm) (% increase) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Healthy plants | 17.16a | 21.87a | 15.00a | 11.71a | 29.80a |
Positive control infected with RNK M. incognita | 14.85e | 16.62f | 7.80f | 8.10e | 20.90f |
M. incognita + abamectin | 16.68b | 20.98b | 13.80b | 11.60a | 27.70b |
(12.32) | (26.23) | 76.92 | (43.20) | (32.53) | |
M. incognita + emmectin benzoate | 15.70c | 18.81c | 11.80c | 10.60bc | 27.70b |
(5.72) | (13.17) | 51.28 | (30.86) | (32.53) | |
M. incognita + colocynth, Citrullus colocynthis | 15.22de | 17.15ef | 9.00e | 8.80d | 22.10e |
(2.49) | (3.18) | 15.38 | (8.64) | (5.74) | |
M. incognita + marigold, Tagetes erecta | 15.18de | 17.87d | 9.40e | 8.80d | 23.60e |
(2.22) | (7.52) | 20.51 | (8.64) | (12.91) | |
M. incognita + moringa, Moringa oleifera | 14.92de | 16.80ef | 8.60ef | 8.50d | 21.10f |
(0.47) | (1.08) | 10.25 | (4.93) | (0.95) | |
M. incognita + Serratia and Pseudomonas | 15.28d | 18.34cd | 10.60d | 10.10c | 24.80d |
(2.89) | (10.34) | 35.89 | (24.69) | (18.66) | |
M. incognita + Purpureocillium lilacinum | 16.84ab | 17.65e | 13.20b | 11.20b | 26.40c |
(13.40) | (6.19) | 69.23 | (38.27) | (26.31) |