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TABLE 6.

Survival of P. putida strains in the rhizosphere of L. esculentum cultivated in compost

Inoculum (CFU/g soil)	Survival of inoculated strain
Inoculum (CFU/g soil)	S-313R	PH18	SN34	SN36
10⁸	0.191^a ± 0.036^b^,2	0.279 ± 0.052³	0.291 ± 0.052³	0.207 ± 0.046^2,3
10⁷	0.197 ± 0.024²	0.318 ± 0.044³	0.347 ± 0.047³	0.283 ± 0.050³
10⁶	0.146 ± 0.017¹	0.336 ± 0.037³	0.326 ± 0.038³	0.267 ± 0.041³
Mean survival	0.170 ± 0.028¹	0.299 ± 0.042³	0.312 ± 0.047³	0.243 ± 0.041^2,3

First-order decay rate of the bacterial population (day⁻¹).

Confidence interval for the slope of the regression line (P = 0.05). Values with the same superscript number are not significantly different for P = 0.05.