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Table 3 Effect of some bacterial boiagents on fresh and dry weight of shoots and root under greenhouse conditions

From: Biological control of Ralstonia solanacearum (Smith), the causal pathogen of bacterial wilt disease by using Pantoea spp

Treatments

Method of application

Root

Shoots

FW

DW

FW

DW

PHYTOPO1

Cell suspension

14.8 b

1.3 c

138.0 a

12.1 b

PHYTOPO2

Cell suspension

16.9 a

1.6 a

138.2 a

13.1 a

PHYTOPO1

Culture filtrate

13.5 c

1.3 c

135.6 b

11.6 c

PHYTOPO2

Culture filtrate

13.6 c

1.5 b

136.2 b

13.1 a

Control

Water

13.5 c

1.2 d

130.5 c

10.1 d

Infected control

R. solanacearum

6.5 d

0.8 e

60 d

6.4 e

  1. Values in the same column followed by a similar letter are not significantly different as determined by the LSD test (P = 0.05)