TABLE 2.
Screening of effective bacterial endophytes against GBNV in tomato upon pre and simultaneous inoculation
| Treatment | Pre inoculation | Simultaneous inoculation | Days taken for symptom expression | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. of plants expressed symptom/No. of plants inoculated | Disease severitya | No. of plants expressed symptom/No. of plants inoculated | Diseasea severity | ||
| Brucella melitensis CNEN54 | 5/25 | 0.80 | 2/25 | 0.20 | 11 |
| Bacillus licheniformis CNEB4 | 9/25 | 0.94 | 4/25 | 0.60 | 12 |
| Bacillus velezensis CNEB26 | 7/25 | 0.74 | 2/25 | 0.24 | 13 |
| Bacillus vallismortis BAVE5 | 9/25 | 0.78 | 3/25 | 0.44 | 11 |
| Inoculated control | 21/25 | 3.18 | 20/25 | 3.04 | 9 |
| CD | 0.283 | 0.457 | |||
| SE (d) | 0.125 | 0.203 | |||
a
The disease severity was assessed using symptom severity grades of 0 to 4. The observations on severity were recorded at 12 DPI. Three replications were maintained for each bacteria.