Table 5 Effect of PGPR isolates applied as soil drenching and bare root dipping prior transplanting on tomato plant growth infested by M. incognita under protected cultivation

Ba

13.40 ± 0.29^b

11.40 ± 0.58

11.80 ± 0.46^bc

11.70 ± 0.34^b

1.42 ± 0.03^bc

1.49 ± 0.04^b

1.68 ± 0.17^a

1.48 ± 0.07^b

Bs

12.90 ± 0.43^b

11.80 ± 0.41

12.70 ± 0.37^ab

11.00 ± 0.52^bc

1.32 ± 0.03^c

1.24 ± 0.04^c

1.29 ± 0.04^b

1.18 ± 0.05^c

Pa

13.40 ± 0.24^b

12.20 ± 0.51

11.20 ± 0.25^c

13.20 ± 0.37^a

1.29 ± 0.05^c

1.26 ± 0.06^bc

1.22 ± 0.06^b

1.27 ± 0.02^c

Ba + Bs + Pa

13.20 ± 0.72^b

12.00 ± 0.65

12.10 ± 0.46^abc

13.00 ± 0.35^a

1.67 ± 0.18^b

1.35 ± 0.12^bc

1.29 ± 0.05^b

1.19 ± 0.02^c

VP

15.20 ± 0.51^a

12.80 ± 0.34

12.00 ± 0.35^abc

13.10 ± 0.37^a

2.12 ± 0.06^a

1.97 ± 0.04^a

1.84 ± 0.11^a

1.82 ± 0.08^a

Control

12.80 ± 0.25^b

10.60 ± 0.19

1.31 ± 0.05^c

1.14 ± 0.10^c

F value

4.428

2.225

3.190

9.565

13.727

15.270

9.206

17.015

CV

6.914

9.506

6.138

6.886

12.916

12.170

13.079

10.476

CD (0.05)

1.230

NS

0.980

1.099

0.260

0.226

0.248

0.186