Treatment Length tomato plant (cm) Dry weight (g/ plant) GPE (%)
based on
dry weight
of root and
shoot
Root Shoot Root Shoot
R. solanacerarum UTT-25 3.50ef ± 0.4 25.87f ± 3.60 0.41abc ± 0.04 0.96b ± 0.36 23.42
B. amyloliquefaciens DSBA-12 + R. 4.23de ± 0.80 37.53ab ± 1.05 0.47ab ± 0.16 1.26b ± 0.26 55.86
solanacearumUTT-25          
B. amyloliquefaciens DSBA-12 6.30a ± 0.34 38.40ab ± 0.95 0.55a ± 0.08 1.84b ± 0.30 115.31
B. amyloliquefaciens DSBA -11+ R. 6.00ab ± 0.26 35.23bc ± 1.80 0.30de ± 0.30 1.60b ± 0.35 71.17
solanacerarumUTT-25          
B. amyloliquefaciens DSBA -11 6.67a ± 0.15 38.50ab ± 2.6 0.33de ± 0.05 1.85b ± 0.47 96.39
B. subtilis DTBS-5+ R. solanacerarum 4.73cd ± 0.50 34.40cd ± 1.4 0.38abc ± 0.04 1.83b ± 0.37 99.00
UTT-25          
B. subtilis  DTBS-5 5.40bc ± 0.7 39.50a ± 1.83 0.31de ± 0.02 1.77b ± 0.28 87.40
B. cereus JHTBS-7+ R. solanacerarum 2.93g ± 0.15 27.36ef ± 3.80 0.34abc ± 0.006 0.97b ± 0.05 18.01
UTT-25          
B. cereus JHTBS-7 4.05de ± 0.23 33.17cd ± 2.05 0.213e ± 0.08 1.65b ± 0.75 67.84
B. pumulisMTCC-7092+R. 3.87e ± 0.251 34.67c ± 1.70 0.42abc ± 0.06 1.43b ± 0.10 66.6
solanacerarumUTT-25          
B. pumilusMTCC-7092 5.13c ± 0.680 36.36abc ± 2.20 0.36abc ± 0.037 1.93b ± 0.76 106.3
Control (Uninoculated) 4.17de ± 0.404 30.60de ± 0.85 0.33de ± 0.08 0.78a ± 0.15 -
Means followed by the same letter within a column are not significantly different as determined by LSD test (α = 0.05). Data present means of the experiment within 3 replications each.
Table 4: Enhancement of biomass tomato plants treated with antagonistic Bacillus spp. under glass house conditions.