Table 3 Effects of Bacillus spp., as single treatment at different application times at dose 20 ml∕pot, on nematode parameters of Meloidogyne incognita-infected eggplants in pots (experiment III)

3.34^a

–

3.24^a

–

1.86^a

–

1.76^a

–

3.23^a

23

3.05^b

35

1.70^a

31

1.56^a

38

2.37^fg

89

2.19^ef

91

0.99^d

86

0.84^fg

88

Bacillus sp.

one time

2.96^c

58

2.49^cd

82

1.54^b

51

1.41^b

56

two times

2.74^d

75

1.31^de

88

1.29^c

73

1.20^cd

73

three times

2.72^de

76

1.79^gh

96

1.18^c

77

1.04^de

81

B. subtilis

one time

2.69^de

79

2.44^cd

84

1.55^b

50

1.36^bc

60

two times

2.45^f

87

1.87^gh

96

0.83^d

90

0.97^ef

84

three times

2.17^h

93

1.67^h

97

0.63^e

94

0.82^fg

89

B. pumilus

one time

3.11^b

42

2.59^c

77

1.28^c

73

1.15^d

75

two times

2.61^e

82

2.17^ef

91

1.20^c

78

0.96^ef

84

three times

2.29^g

81

2.09^f

93

0.93^d

88

0.69^g

91