Research Article

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

Table 5

Effectiveness of potential plant growth promoting rhizobacteria isolates as a biological control against tomato bacterial wilt.

TreatmentBiocontrol efficacy on maya variety (%)Biocontrol efficacy on melkesalsa variety (%)
(Mean ± SE)(Mean ± SE)

BDUA1 + RS51.99 ± 1.95c51.83 ± 1.58d
BDUA2 + RS48.53 ± 1.87bc48.46 ± 1.82cd
BDUA3 + RS45.12 ± 1.64bc45.27 ± 1.85bcd
BDUA1 + BDUA2 + RS41.53 ± 1.97b42.03 ± 1.86abc
BDUA1 + BDUA3 + RS31.06 ± 1.79a38.84 ± 1.74ab
BDUA2 + BDUA3 + RS24.17 ± 1.90a35.45 ± 1.63a
RS

Mean values with the same letter superscript in a column are not significantly different in the Tukey’s test (α = 0.05), RS: Ralstonia solanacearum (positive control) and SE: standard error.