| Bacterial Strain
Co-inoculated |
% Disease Index |
Plant Height (cm) |
Root Length (cm) |
Dry Weight
(g plant-1) |
| Control |
Nil |
68.8h |
11.2h |
2.3h |
| Control+B. pumilus+Pathogen |
43.2 |
70.6g |
13.5f |
2.74d |
| Control+P. pseudoalcaligenes+Pathogen |
38.2 |
77.4b |
17.1b |
3.85a |
| Control+S. maltophilia+Pathogen |
44.6 |
72.3ef |
15.6 d |
3.63b |
| Control+B. pumilus+P. pseudoalcaligenes+Pathogen |
39.6 |
74.6de |
16.3c |
2.63de |
| Control+S. maltophilia+P. pseudoalcaligenes+Pathogen |
36.4 |
76.7bc |
14.1e |
2.41f |
| Control+S. maltophilia+B. pumilus+Pathogen |
41.5 |
75.7cd |
12.2g |
2.32gf |
| Control+S. maltophilia+B. pumilus+ P. pseudoalcaligenes+Pathogen |
31.4 |
82.1a |
18.3a |
2.94c |
| Control+Pathogen |
76.4 |
65.5i |
10.2i |
2.14i |
Values are mean of three replications. Means within columns sharing the same
letters are not significantly different (p ≤ 0.05; LSD test)