In vitro evaluation of some isolated bacteria against the plant parasite nematode Meloidogyne incognita

Bulletin of the National Research Centre

Table 2 Inhibition activity of the culture filtrates of the isolated bacterial strains on Meloidogyne incognita eggs after 7 days of exposure

Bacterial isolates	No. of hatched eggs*	Relative hatching %●	Hatching inhibition %●●
Control (water only)	98.00a	98	0.00
Pseudomonas aeruginosa CH7GES	36.50b	37.04	62.96
Paenibacillus polymyxa CH6GES	22.25f	22.86	77.14
Lysinibacillus sphaericus CH4GES	34.00c	35.00	65.00
Bacillus cereus CH4GES	29.50d	29.94	70.06
Bacillus subtilis SGES	21.30f	22.03	77.97
Achromobacter xylosoxidans 19GES	25.50e	26.34	26.34

*Means followed by the same letter(s) are not significantly different according to Duncan’s Multiple Range Test. Data are averages of 5 replicates
●Relative hatching and ●●hatching inhibition (%) are calculated as mentioned in M&M. Data are averages of five replicates