© Benaki Phytopathological Institute
Esfahani
et al.
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Table 1.
Effects of salicylic acid,
Trichoderma viride
and
Pseudomonas fluorescens
on growth
parameters of four tomato cultivars (pooled data) infested with
Meloidogyne incognita
. C:
uninoculated (negative control), N: Nematode
(positive control), T:
Trichoderma viride
, SA: Sa-
licylic acid, P:
Pseudomonas fluorescens
. Each value is the mean of four replicates in 2012 and
2013.
Tomato
cultivar
Treatments
Plant length
(cm)
Fresh weight (g)
dry weight (g)
Shoot
Root
Shoot
Root
Gina VF
C
50.5±0.57
51.3±0.31 10.44±0.10 10.27±0.32 2.23±0.31
N
37.75*±0.50 28.1*±0.12
8*± 0.08
6.07*±0.10 1.58*±0.03
T
52.75± 1.70
53±1.41
10.82±0.21 10.7±0.47 2.83*±0.11
SA
54±2.16
53.25± 1.5 10.75±0.29 10.89±0.74 2.65*±0.04
P
55.75±2.5
55±2.44 11*±0.0816 11.16±1.06 2.92*±0.04
N+ T
40*±2.94
34.5*±0.57 7.90*±0.08 7.04*±0.65 1.42*±0.04
N+ SA
41*±2.16
36*±0.81 7.01*± 0.11 7.32*±0.25 1.25*±0.04
N+ P
44.25*±2.62 40.75*±1.70 8.15*±0.12 8.28±0.94 1.69*±0.03
N+ T+ SA
50.25± 0.50 49.5±1.73 10.05*±0.03 10.02±0.76 2.01±0.01
N+ P+ SA
50.25±0.5
50.5±1.29 10.28±0.06 10.19±1.1
2.09±0.02
N+ P+ T
52.5±0.57 50.75±0.95 10.1±0.081 10.29±0.73 2.07±0.01
N+ P+ T+ SA
53.5±0.57
51.5±0.57 10.35±0.07 10.45±0.52
2.2±0.03
Falat CH
C
53.5± 0.57 24.80±0.32 8.61±0.13 5.78±0.33
2.01±0.01
N
36.75*±0.50 12*±0.81
6*± 0.08
2.8*±0.78 1.03*±0.02
T
57.5± 2.08 28.80*±0.37 8.88±0.07 6.73±1.08
2.29±0.03
SA
58.5± 2.88 29.41*±0.69 8.75±0.23
6.9±0.85
2.11±0.01
P
60±2.82
33.06*±0.67 9.04*±0.03 7.76*±1.60 2.43±0.05
N+ T
40*±1.41 16.16*±0.39 5.79*±0.17 3.86±0.17 1.01*±0.08
N+ SA
43*± 2.94 17.34*±1.14 5.81*± 0.16 4.01±0.74 0.98*±0.01
N+ P
46*±1.63 19.43*±2.20 6.3*±0.216 4.58±0.98 1.06*±0.02
N+ T+ SA
53±0.81
24.55± 0.54 8*± 0.01
5.76±0.59
1.4*±0.05
N+ P+ SA
54±1.63
23.34±1.08 8.2±0.08
5.47±0.36 1.55*±0.42
N+ P+ T
54.5±1.73 24.45±0.39 8.01*±0.02 5.76±0.37 1.42*±0.24
N+ P+ T+ SA
55.5±2
25.00±1.96 8.5±0.31
5.91±0.81
1.96±0.06
Falat 111
C
48.25±0.50 29.17±1.66 9.82±0.04 9.85±0.40
2.15±0.02
N
31.75*±0.50 15*±0.81
7.15*±0.12 5.13*±0.22 1.59*±0.15
T
51± 2.16
31.73±2.66 10.04±0.03 10.85±0.44 2.19±0.03
SA
52±1.63
32.78±0.76 9.94± 0.12 11.23±0.71 2.17±0.02
P
55±0.81
35.92*±2.84 10.15*±0.13 12.25*±0.94 2.23*±0.02
N+ T
38.25*±0.95 19.53*±1.92 6.94*± 0.05 6.75*±1.08 1.56*±0.04
N+ SA
39.25*±1.70 20.33*±1.55 6.45*±0.10 6.98*±0.14 1.46*±0.05
N+ P
43*±2.16 23.05*±1.51 7.33*±0.17 7.94±1.17
1.65*±0.04
N+ T+ SA
46±0.81
28.97± 0.57 9.19*±0.11 9.91±0.34 2.02*±0.03
N+ P+ SA
48.5±1.29 28.78±1.63 9.32*±0.04 9.88±0.39
2.05±0.06
N+ P+ T
49.25±1.70 29.6±0.29 9.18*±0.01 10.26±0.87 2.02*±0.04
N+ P+ T+ SA
52±1.63
30.02±0.29 9.69±0.01 10.31±0.55 2.13±0.02
Karoon
C
44.5±0.57 23.97±2.53 4.27±0.17
11.2±0.46
1.05±0.11
N
32.25*±1.70 11*±0.81
2.15*±0.12 5.21*±0.16 0.61*±0.08
T
47.75±1.25 24.95±1.34 4.48± 0.12 11.82±0.85 1.09±0.04
SA
48.5±0.57 25.01± 2.13 4.34±0.12 11.95±1.36 1.05±0.03
P
51.25±0.5 27.22*±1.63 4.65*±0.129 12.87*±1.16 1.11±0.06
N+ T
38*±0.81
15*±0.81 2.26*±0.12 7.28*±0.97 0.64*±0.26
N+ SA
39*± 0.81 16.88*±0.73 2.15*±0.10 7.60*±0.36 0.61*±0.12
N+ P
40*±2.16 19.29*±0.54 3.14*±0.12 9.13±0.69
0.82±0.10
N+ T+ SA
41±2.16
21.85±1.30 3.99±0.01 10.37±0.88 0.99±0.03
N+ P+ SA
44±0.81
22.43±0.40 4.15±0.07 10.63±0.20 1.03±0.02
N+ P+ T
44.75±0.95 23.47±1.44 4.03±0.02 11.15±0.84
1±0.07
N+ P+ T+ SA
45.5±0.57 24.10±1.89 4.19±0.12 11.43±0.47 1.04±0.10
* Values are significantly different from the control (Tukey test, P≤0.01).
