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Table 4 Effect of antagonistic bacteria and chemical fungicide on the strawberry yield in the field

From: Native bacteria for field biocontrol of black root rot in Egyptian strawberry

Antagonistic bacterial isolates

Strawberry yield

Tons/feddan

Increase %

Paenibacillus polymyxa 1

17.0a

78.9

Paenibacillus polymyxa 2

17.5.0a

84.2

Paenibacillus polymyxa 3

13.0c

36.8

Bacillus brevis 1

13.0c

36.8

Bacillus brevis 2

16.0a

68.4

Bacillus brevis 3

14.0bc

47.4

Actamyl 3 g/l (fungicide)

14.0bc

47.4

Control

9.5d

0.0

  1. *Means in a column followed by the same letter are not significantly (P ≤ 0.05) different according to DNMRT