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Table 3 LYSX1 treatment effects on tomato plant biomass, and M. javanica root-knots, and egg masses densities

From: Bacillus halotolerans strain LYSX1-induced systemic resistance against the root-knot nematode Meloidogyne javanica in tomato

Treatment

Root fresh weight per plant (g)

Shoot fresh weight per plant (g)

No. of egg masses per plant

No. of root knots per plant

100%

6.04 ± 0.47B

11.03 ± 0.84C

34.60 ± 5.64C

60.20 ± 4.09B

50%

5.67 ± 0.22B

10.42 ± 0.64BC

39.40 ± 4.82BC

71.80 ± 7.40B

25%

4.48 ± 0.40A

9.62 ± 0.49AB

47.60 ± 4.04AB

94.80 ± 4.97A

Control

3.94 ± 0.36A

8.57 ± 0.81A

57.40 ± 7.02A

103.80 ± 8.11A

  1. Control: sterile distilled water. Values are the means ± SD from five repetitions. Means in one column followed by the same letter are not significantly different at p ≤ 0.01 by Fisher’s least-significant-difference test