Research Article

Plant Growth Promoting Rhizobacteria for Biocontrol of Tomato Bacterial Wilt Caused by Ralstonia solanacearum

Table 2

Effect of plant growth promoting rhizobacteria antagonists on the height tomato plants under greenhouse conditions.

TreatmentPlant height (cm)
Maya variety (mean ± SE)Melkesalsa variety (mean ± SE)

BDUA1 + RS42.25 ± 1.64c36.91 ± 0.19bc
BDUA2 + RS38.65 ± 2.48bc31.74 ± 2.71bc
BDUA3 + RS26.74 ± 2.19ab28.93 ± 2.68abc
BDUA1 + BDUA2 + RS24.10 ± 2.16a25.68 ± 0.75abc
BDUA1 + BDUA3 + RS18.39 ± 0.85a19.63 ± 0.73ab
BDUA2 + BDUA3 + RS19.97 ± 0.93a21.39 ± 2.92abc
RS14.77 ± 0.47a12.65 ± 2.90a
HC43.17 ± 0.69c38.34 ± 2.03c

Mean followed similar superscripts in a column are not significantly different in Tukey’s test (α = 0.05). RS refers to Ralstonia solanacearum (positive control), HC, negative control, and SE, standard Error.