Table 7 Effect of PGPR isolates applied as soil drenching and bare root dipping prior transplanting on nematode multiplication in tomato plants infested by M. incognita under protected cultivation

Ba

55.00 ± 2.45^b

46.40 ± 2.14^b

69.20 ± 2.29^b

63.80 ± 1.16^b

34.00 ± 1.10^b

26.80 ± 1.36^b

38.80 ± 1.71^b

33.80 ± 0.86^b

Bs

57.40 ± 1.69^b

48.60 ± 2.09^b

67.20 ± 2.20^b

59.40 ± 1.86^b

35.60 ± 0.93^b

29.60 ± 2.04^b

42.20 ± 1.11^b

37.00 ± 2.02^b

Pa

49.20 ± 1.28^bc

35.20 ± 2.50^bc

53.80 ± 2.35^bc

42.00 ± 3.65^bc

30.00 ± 1.00^bc

26.40 ± 2.46^b

35.40 ± 1.81^bc

31.80 ± 1.39^b

Ba + Bs + Pa

40.40 ± 1.03^bc

33.80 ± 2.27^bc

54.60 ± 2.32^bc

40.40 ± 3.57^bc

28.20 ± 0.97^bc

22.20 ± 1.46^b

32.60 ± 0.93^bc

30.20 ± 1.02^b

VP

17.40 ± 1.44^c

14.00 ± 1.34^c

27.80 ± 1.24^c

23.00 ± 1.52^c

8.60 ± 0.75^c

8.20 ± 1.16^b

12.40 ± 1.12^c

10.40 ± 0.87^b

Control

764.40 ± 27.74^a

532.60 ± 22.99^a

501.60 ± 20.54^a

456.20 ± 27.43^a

F value

645.419

455.393

683.276

423.822

528.105

242.355

517.122

244.577

CV

15.809

17.984

14.363

17.063

17.742

26.814

17.075

25.019

CD (0.05)

34.198

28.100

32.749

28.560

24.889

33.572

24.893

32.974