Nematicidal rhizobacteria with plant growth-promoting traits associated with tomato in root-knot infested polyhouses

Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control

Table 5 Effect of rhizobacterial isolates on plant growth parameters of tomato cv Pusa Ruby infected with Meloidogyne incognita

Treatments	Shoot length (cm)	Increase (%)	Root length (cm)	Increase (%)	Fresh shoot weight (g)	Increase (%)	Fresh root weight (g)	Increase (%)	Biomass (g)	Increase (%)	Root volume (cm³)	Increase (%)
Water	138.5^d		14.7^bc		196.6^c		29.0^de		225.8^c		26.5^de
Water + Mi	135.6^d		12.1^e		170.6^d		44.8^a		215.0^c		24.1^e
B. p	157.8^c	13.96	16.7^ab	13.35	235.3^b	19.66	36.0^bc	24.14	271.3^b	20.15	61.0^b	129.90
B. p + Mi	163.6^bc	20.64	11.0^e	− 9.09	234.1^b	37.21	36.6^b	− 18.22	270.0^b	25.58	35.1^cde	45.92
B. m	160.0^bc	15.52	16.3^ab	11.20	240.1^b	22.12	34.6^bc	19.54	274.3^b	21.48	60.8^b	129.21
B. m. + Mi	158.0^bc	16.38	11.4^e	− 5.75	238.3^b	39.65	31.83^bcd	− 29.0	270.3^b	25.74	37.3^cd	54.98
B. s	178.1^a	28.64	18.5^a	25.68	271.5^a	38.05	45.5^a	56.90	317.0^a	40.37	110.0^a	314.57
B. s + Mi	176.6^a	30.22	14.6^bcd	20.55	266.8^a	56.35	42.1^a	− 5.95	309.7^a	43.80	45.3^c	88.31
B. c	163.3^bc	17.91	12.5^de	− 14.93	231.8^b	17.88	34.6^bc	19.54	266.8^b	18.15	62.4^b	135.18
B. c + Mi	160.3^bc	18.16	10.6^e	− 12.19	239.0^b	40.04	24.6^e	− 44.98	263.5^b	22.56	32.25^de	33.82
Media (NB)	139.0^d	0.36	12.5^cde	− 15.16	198.6^c	0.68	30.6cd	4.02	227.0^c	0.74	27.15^de	2.32
VP	139.3^d	0.60	12.0^e	− 18.55	197.5^c	0.25	34.3^bcd	9.77	231.6^c	2.58	26.53^de	0.00
VP + Mi	134.3^d	− 0.98	10.6^e	− 12.47	176.83^b	3.61	42.17^a	− 5.95	211.5^c	− 1.78	29.60^de	22.82
CD (5%)	5.99		1.18		10.85		3.32		9.47		6.59
F Value	38.10		32.52		49.53		29.60		66.62		105.74
Pr (> F)	0.0001		0.0001		0.0001		0.0001		0.0001		0.0001

Means with the same letter are not significantly different
B. p, Bacillus pumilus, B. m, Bacillus megaterium, B. s, Bacillus subtilis, B. c, Bacillus cereus, Mi, Meloidogyne incognita, VP, Velum prime (Nematicide)