From: Application of Bacillus species for controlling root-knot nematode Meloidogyne incognita in eggplant
Bacillus spp. | Meloidogyne incognita parameters | ||||||||
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J2 in soil (200 g) | J2 in roots (5 g) | No. galls | No. egg masses | ||||||
Count (log10) | Red. % | Count (log10) | Red. % | Count (log10) | Red. % | Count (log10) | Red. % | ||
Nematode only | 3.34a | – | 3.23a | – | 1.86a | – | 1.76a | – | |
NGB medium only | 3.23a | 23 | 3.05b | 35 | 1.70a | 30 | 1.57b | 36 | |
Micronima® | 2.36de | 89 | 2.19ef | 91 | 0.98d | 87 | 0.82fg | 89 | |
Bacillus sp. | 20 ml | 2.96abc | 59 | 2.47c | 82 | 1.52b | 54 | 1.44bc | 52 |
30 ml | 2.61cd | 81 | 2.29de | 88 | 1.49b | 57 | 1.39bc | 57 | |
40 ml | 2.00ef | 95 | 2.06f | 93 | 0.69e | 93 | 0.49h | 94 | |
B. subtilis | 20 ml | 2.67cd | 78 | 2.43cd | 84 | 1.53b | 50 | 1.35cd | 60 |
30 ml | 2.57cd | 83 | 2.19ef | 91 | 0.96d | 87 | 0.86f | 87 | |
40 ml | 2.03ef | 95 | 2.03f | 94 | 0.93d | 88 | 0.64gh | 92 | |
B. pumilus | 20 ml | 3.11ab | 42 | 2.09f | 93 | 1.30c | 72 | 1.19de | 73 |
30 ml | 2.74bcd | 75 | 2.35cd | 94 | 1.20c | 78 | 1.07e | 79 | |
40 ml | 2.72bcd | 76 | 1.77g | 97 | 1.01d | 86 | 0.74fg | 90 |