Table 4 Effect of PGPR isolates applied as soil drenching and bare root dipping prior transplanting on nematode multiplication in tomato plants infested by M. incognita in pot experiment under polyhouse condition

Ba

9.00 ± 0.41^b

10.75 ± 0.63^c

4.75 ± 0.85 ^cd

7.50 ± 0.65^c

180.75 ± 6.94^c

194.25 ± 7.56^bc

0.26 ± 0.02^b

0.37 ± 0.02^b

Bs

7.25 ± 0.48^bc

11.25 ± 0.63^c

9.25 ± 0.63^b

9.50 ± 0.29^b

207. 50 ± 5.75^b

215.75 ± 7.88^b

0.25 ± 0.02^bc

0.35 ± 0.01^b

Pa

9.00 ± 0.82^b

14.00 ± 0.91^b

5.75 ± 0.63^c

7.75 ± 0.48^c

222.50 ± 3.01^b

222.50 ± 4.03^b

0.20 ± 0.02^bc

0.25 ± 0.02^c

Ba + Bs + Pa

7.00 ± 0.41^bc

10.75 ± 0.85^c

4.25 ± 0.48 ^cd

6.50 ± 0.65^c

174.75 ± 4.27^c

195.75 ± 14.77^b

0.19 ± 0.02^c

0.22 ± 0.02^c

VP

6.50 ± 0.29^c

9.25 ± 0.48^c

3.75 ± 0.48^d

4.75 ± 0.48^d

131.00 ± 9.17^d

167.00 ± 11.71^c

0.08 ± 0.01^d

0.12 ± 0.01^d

UTIC

24.75 ± 1.75^a

31.25 ± 0.63^a

369.75 ± 12.85^a

3.10 ± 0.07^a

F value

91.290

66.188

320.570

396.518

238.854

125.411

1292.626

1282.402

CV

17.430

15.570

13.822

10.471

7.784

9.930

9.201

8.415

CD (0.05)

2.326

2.642

1.713

1.480

21.037

28.480

0.094

0.093