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Table 5.

Effect of antagonistic strains on bacterial fruit blotch and growth parameters of watermelon seedlings

Varieties	Treatment	DI	CE	Chl	PHT (cm)	FWT (gm)	DWT (gm)
Supercool	NSB-27	44.34^b	45.33	30.70^a	60.16^a	22.69^b	3.38^b
	SN-22	42.94^c	47.05	30.73^a	63.61^a	25.43^a	4.14^a
	Hinosan	55.32^b	31.78	25.00^b	52.92^b	12.99^c	2.38^c
	Untreated control	81.10^a	-	19.54^c	45.42^c	10.23^d	1.20^d
CV (%)		4.07		5.32	6.32	4.82	5.13
LSD		2.12		3.11	3.93	1.31	0.61
Coolnara	NSB-27	47.61	41.75	30.26^a	60.74^a	22.61^d	3.76^a
	SN-22	43.01^c	47.08	30.75^a	62.79^a	25.02^c	3.86^a
	Hinosan	55.20^b	32.10	24.61^b	52.31^b	13.12^c	2.48^b
	Untreated control	81.30^a	-	19.35^c	42.68^c	10.25^b	1.76^c
CV (%)		2.67		3.56	4.31	6.12	7.32
LSD		2.11		2.59	10.15	1.98	0.53
Fomina	NSB-27	47.08^c	43.89	34.79^a	56.08^a	21.54^a	3.56^a
	SN-22	49.70^c	40.76	29.14^b	60.36^a	23.03^a	3.64^a
	Hinosan	61.39^b	26.83	22.60^c	48.59^b	11.92^b	2.52^b
	Untreated control	83.90^a	-	17.05^d	43.74^c	8.60^c	1.52^c
CV (%)		5.86		6.53	6.53	9.68	11.25
LSD		4.75		2.23	4.78	2.11	0.43

Growth parameters assessed 15 days after transplanting: DI, disease index; CE, control effect; Chl, chlorophyll content (squad units); PHT, plant height; FWT, fresh weight; DWT, dry weight.

CV, coefficient of variation; LSD, least significant difference.

Means followed by the same letter(s) are not significantly different (P ≤ 0.05).