Fig. 3From: Acinetobacter calcoaceticus SJ19 and Bacillus safensis SJ4, two Algerian rhizobacteria protecting tomato plants against Botrytis cinerea and promoting their growthEffect of tomato seed treatments with two bacterial isolates on germination and seed vigor index. The treated seeds were soaked for 2 h in suspensions containing 109 CFU/ml, while the control seeds were soaked in sterile distilled water. Each value represents the mean from three independently repeated experiments ± SE. There was no significant difference between treatments for seed germination (P > 0.05). For the seed vigor index, different letters above the bars indicate significant differences between treatments based on a Newman–Keuls multiple range test (P < 0.05). A presents the results of the percentage of tomato seed germination while B presents the results of Vigor IndexBack to article page