Table 2.
Germination data of tomato seeds during in vivo antagonism bioassays. The total number of planted tomato seeds was (20 per pot) × (three replicates for each pot) × (four independent experiments) = 240. All experimental data were combined for the analysis.
| Soil infected with Fusarium oxysporum | Soil not infected with Fusarium oxysporum | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of planted tomato seeds | Number of germinated tomato seeds | Germination percentage1 | Number of planted tomato seeds | Number of germinated tomato seeds | Germination percentage1 | |
| Seeds treated with ACTA1551 | 240 | 181 ± 2 | 75% | 240 | 218 ± 2.2 | 90% |
| Untreated tomato seeds | 240 | 108 ± 1 | 45% | 240 | 228 ± 1.9 | 95% |
1Unpaired t-test on the number of germinated seeds: seeds treated with ACTA1551 in infected soil versus untreated tomato seeds in infected soil were significantly different (P < 0.001); seeds treated with ACTA1551 in noninfected soil versus untreated tomato seeds in noninfected soil were significantly different (P < 0.001).