Table 1 Effects of Bacillus spp., as single or in combination treatments at a dose of 20 ml∕pot, on nematode parameters of Meloidogyne incognita-infected eggplants in pots (experiment I)

Nematode only

3.34^a*

–

3.23^a

–

1.85^a

–

1.75^a

–

NGB medium only

3.23^ab

23

3.05^b

35

1.69^ab

30

1.56^b

36

Micronima®

2.36^f

89

2.19^ef

91

0.96^fg

87

0.79^ef

89

Bacillus sp.

2.96^c

58

2.48^c

82

1.53^bc

52

1.41^bc

55

B. subtilis

2.67^de

78

2.43^c

84

1.53^bc

52

1.35^c

61

B. pumilus

3.10^bc

42

2.09^f

93

1.27^de

73

1.14^d

75

Bacillus sp. + B. subtilis

2.55^e

84

2.23^ef

90

0.89^g

89

0.72^f

91

Bacillus sp. + B. pumilus

2.73^d

75

1.90^g

95

1.12^ef

80

0.95^e

84

B. subtilis + B. pumilus

2.64^de

80

2.39^cd

86

1.06^fg

83

0.92^e

85

Bacillus sp. + B. subtilis + B. pumilus

2.78^d

72

2.27^de

89

1.42^cd

63

1.30^cd

65