Table 4.

Disease severity recorded on rosemary plants after inoculation with Pseudomonas alliivorans 1N3, P. asturiensis 2N5, and atypical P. viridiflava 3N1.

Strain	Disease severity (S)
1N3	2.39 ± 1.01 a
2N5	0.61 ± 0.49 d
3N1	0.89 ± 0.46 cd
1N3 + 2N5	0.80 ± 0.75 cd
1N3 + 3N1	1.59 ± 1.29 bc
2N5 + 3N1	2.07 ± 1.24 ab
1N3 + 2N5 + 3N1	1.33 ± 1.07 bcd
Negative control	0 e

Data represent the average of symptom values ± standard deviation. Disease severity was recorded according to an arbitrary disease symptom scale: 0, no symptoms; 1, discoloration at the inoculation point (brown or black color); 2, browning and hypertrophy, presence of adventitious roots; 3, plant wilting. Data were analyzed by the non-parametric Kruskal-Wallis test. Data followed by different letters were statistically different (p ≤ 0,05).