Table 6 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

34.30 ± 0.66^b

36.50 ± 0.50^b

31.70 ± 0.30^ab

33.50 ± 0.50^ab

60.37 ± 0.98^e

55.41 ± 1.49^e

66.07 ± 2.26^d

59.58 ± 1.49^e

Bs

31.00 ± 0.63^c

32.20 ± 0.72^c

30.10 ± 0.46^bcd

29.90 ± 0.40 ^cd

66.32 ± 1.88^d

63.08 ± 1.57^d

61.93 ± 1.41^d

61.80 ± 1.50^e

Pa

35.40 ± 0.70^ab

34.70 ± 0.94^bc

30.20 ± 0.60^bc

31.10 ± 1.21^bc

70.82 ± 0.82^d

69.63 ± 1.29^d

78.95 ± 2.16^c

75.17 ± 4.32^d

Ba + Bs + Pa

34.70 ± 0.66^b

35.90 ± 1.35^b

28.70 ± 0.62 ^cd

31.50 ± 0.95^bc

78.75 ± 2.49^c

79.00 ± 3.68^c

81.69 ± 0.31^c

85.67 ± 2.09^c

VP

37.40 ± 1.13^a

40.20 ± 1.89^a

32.90 ± 0.51^a

34.90 ± 0.84^a

85.70 ± 2.34^b

94.69 ± 4.03^b

90.85 ± 0.47^b

94.88 ± 3.05^b

Control

28.50 ± 1.01^c

27.90 ± 0.60^d

106.07 ± 3.14^a

112.20 ± 2.13^a

F value

12.988

14.611

9.436

8.656

66.711

76.039

85.750

56.816

CV

5.972

7.072

4.092

6.037

5.760

6.879

4.842

7.361

CD (0.05)

2.643

3.225

1.639

2.506

5.928

7.170

5.170

7.920