. 2014 May;80(9):2679–2686. doi: 10.1128/AEM.03905-13

TABLE 1.

Effect of soil biota on fertility of M. hapla on tomato plants in three infested soils

Parameter	Soil treatment	Mean log₁₀ (no. g⁻¹ root fresh wt) ± SD^a
Parameter	Soil treatment	Soil Kw	Soil Go	Soil Gb
Galls	Sterilized	1.53 ± 0.18^A	1.57 ± 0.21^A	1.54 ± 0.11^A
	Nonsterilized	1.09 ± 0.33^A	1.45 ± 0.06^B	1.17 ± 0.19^A
Egg masses	Sterilized	1.47 ± 0.17^A	1.49 ± 0.20^A	1.45 ± 0.11^A
	Nonsterilized	0.86 ± 0.44^A	1.28 ± 0.13^B	0.91 ± 0.39^AB
Eggs	Sterilized	4.48 ± 0.08^AB	4.45 ± 0.14^A	4.58 ± 0.12^B
	Nonsterilized	3.31 ± 0.19^A	3.95 ± 0.27^B	3.86 ± 0.21^B
Fecundity (eggs/egg mass)	Sterilized	3.01 ± 0.13^AB	2.96 ± 0.07^A	3.13 ± 0.10^B
Fecundity (eggs/egg mass)	Nonsterilized	2.45 ± 0.35^A	2.67 ± 0.24^AB	2.95 ± 0.41^B

Values are means of eight replicate root systems. Different letters within a row indicate a significant difference between means for either sterilized or native soils (P < 0.05, Tukey-Kramer adjustment).