Figure 3. Resistance induced by Trichoderma atroviride T11 (Ta) against Meloidogyne javanica (Mj) in tomato plants.
(A) Number of total nematodes in roots (NTNR) and (B) Number of nematodes corresponding to different developmental stages (J2, second stage juvenile; J3, third stage juvenile; J4, fourth stage juvenile; and adult). NTNR and number of nematodes calculated at 15 days after inoculation with Mj when tomato plants were six-week old. The split-root treatments were as indicated in the legend of Fig. 1. Data of four plants per treatment from two independent experiments (n = 8) were submitted to ANOVA and the comparison of means by Tukey test (P < 0.05) was carried out. Bars with different letters indicate statistically significant difference between the different treatments.