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. 2026 Apr 10;17:1816023. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2026.1816023

TABLE 3.

Median net effects and frequency of synergistic, neutral and antagonistic disease suppression (assessed as %DSR and %CE) by paired BCA treatments in “Pink Lady” apples.

Model and BCA in paira Median Δ %DSR Median net interaction behaviorb Frequency of interaction type (no. of pairs)c Model and BCA in paira Median Δ %CE Median net interaction behaviorb Frequency of interaction type (no. of pairs)c
Synergy Neutr./Add. Antagonism Synergy Neutr./Add. Antagonism
High Moderate Indep. Moderate High High Moderate Indep. Moderate High
Bliss independence Bliss independence
EL51 8.8 M. SYN 2 4 2 2 2 2173 20 H. SYN 9 0 3 0 0
ABR1s 4.1 N/ADD 4 2 2 2 2 2176 20 H. SYN 9 0 2 0 1
2186 0.2 N/ADD 0 4 3 4 1 EL51 20 H. SYN 8 0 3 0 1
2175 −1.1 N/ADD 2 3 3 3 1 ABR1b 20 H. SYN 7 0 4 1 0
ABR5 −2.3 N/ADD 3 2 2 3 2 2186 20 H. SYN 7 1 2 0 2
BWC −5.2 M. ANT 1 2 3 4 2 ABR1s 12 M. SYN 6 0 2 1 3
2173 −6.1 M. ANT 3 1 2 4 2 2175 0 N/ADD 5 0 7 0 0
ABR10 −9.8 M. ANT 1 1 3 6 1 ABR5 0 N/ADD 4 0 8 0 0
2176 −10.6 M. ANT 1 1 3 4 3 ABR8 0 N/ADD 4 0 6 0 2
ABR8 −16.0 M. ANT 1 0 2 6 3 BWC 0 N/ADD 4 0 8 0 0
ABR1b −18.0 M. ANT 0 0 1 6 5 ABR10 0 N/ADD 3 0 8 0 1
ABR6 −23.2 H. ANT 0 0 1 4 7 ABR6 0 N/ADD 2 0 9 0 1
2180 −24.3 H. ANT 0 0 1 2 9 2180 0 N/ADD 2 1 4 2 3
Best single agent Best single agent
EL51 22.4 H. SYN 7 2 2 1 0 2173 20 H. SYN 9 0 3 0 0
ABR1s 13.8 M. SYN 5 3 0 3 1 EL51 20 H. SYN 8 0 4 0 0
2186 6.9 M. SYN 2 5 2 3 0 2176 20 H. SYN 8 0 3 0 1
2173 5.2 M. SYN 4 2 4 1 1 2186 20 H. SYN 8 0 2 0 2
2176 3.5 N/ADD 3 1 5 2 1 ABR1s 20 H. SYN 7 0 2 0 3
ABR5 3.5 N/ADD 5 0 4 2 1 ABR1b 20 H. SYN 7 0 4 0 1
2175 3.5 N/ADD 2 4 3 2 1 ABR8 0 N/ADD 5 0 7 0 0
BWC 1.7 N/ADD 2 3 2 3 2 2175 0 N/ADD 4 0 8 0 0
ABR10 −1.7 N/ADD 1 4 3 4 0 ABR10 0 N/ADD 4 0 8 0 0
ABR8 −5.2 M. ANT 1 3 2 5 1 ABR5 0 N/ADD 3 0 7 0 2
2180 −12.1 M. ANT 0 0 4 4 4 2180 0 N/ADD 3 0 6 0 3
ABR6 −12.1 M. ANT 0 1 3 4 4 BWC 0 N/ADD 2 0 7 0 3
ABR1b −13.8 M. ANT 0 2 0 6 4 ABR6 0 N/ADD 2 0 9 0 1

aRahnella sp. EL51, Erwinia sp. 2186, Pantoea sp. ABR1b, Pantoea sp. ABR1s, Pseudomonas sp. ABR5, Pseudomonas sp. 2180, Priestia sp. ABR6, Bacillus sp. 2175, Bacillus sp. BWC, Curtobacterium sp. ABR8, Microbacterium sp. 2173, Microbacterium sp. ABR10.

bCategories based on median net Δ %DSR and Δ %CE values: H. SYN, highly synergistic (Δ ≥ 20%); M. SYN, moderately synergistic (5.0% ≤ Δ < 20.0%); N/ADD, Neutral/Additive (−5% < Δ < 5%); M. ANT, moderately antagonistic (−20.0% < Δ ≤ −5.0%); H. ANT, highly antagonistic (Δ ≤ −20.0%).

cNumber of paired-BCA combinations (out of 12) for which a specific BCA exhibited the net interaction category indicated in the column header.