Characterization of endophytic yeast and its suppressive effect on root rotting fungi of tomato under neem cake soil amendment

Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control

Table 8 Effect of endophytic yeast isolates on the polyphenols and antioxidant activity of tomato plants in natural soil and soil amended with neem cake in field plot experiment

Treatments	Polyphenols (mg ml⁻¹ GAE)		Antioxidant (%)
	Polyphenols (mg ml⁻¹ GAE)		45 days		90 days
	45 days	90 days	1 min	30 min	1 min	30 min
Control	4.43	5.45	12	19.6	18	35.9
Carbendazim (Cd)	6.53	9.53	23.1	40.6	29	42
Neem cake (N) @ 1%	9.48	13.8	31.8	46.8	39.8	52.9
Cd + NC	7.44	9.69	23.6	28.7	24.3	37.2
Debaryomyces hansenii(Y-17)	8.34	12.1	35.2	39.1	41.2	54.6
Y-17 + NC	7.41	11.3	28	41.7	32	38.6
Meyerozyma guilliermondii (Y-62)	10.17	15.6	36.3	58.1	58.1	74.8
Y-62 + NC	7.21	10.31	32.6	49.5	52.2	60.8
Debaryomyces hansenii (Y-34)	6.63	9.56	19.5	28.5	35.2	49.3
Y-34 + NC	7.35	10.19	16.7	32.5	31.1	38
LSD_0.05	0.59^a	0.53^a	3.9^a	1.9^a	1.7^a	1.7^a

^aMean values in column showing differences greater than LSD values are significantly different at p < 0.05