Table 4.

The survival (log10 (CFU/g root) of rifampicin resistant mutants of bacterial inoculants in the rhizosphere of ^*tomato grown under non saline and saline conditions.

Treatments	Survival (log10 (CFU/g root) of rifampicin resistant mutants bacterial inoculants
	Non-saline	Saline
Pseudomonas putida TSAU1	3.45 ± 0.15	2.15 ± 0.18
P. extremorientalis TSAU6	3.58 ± 0.11	2.75 ± 0.17
P. chlororaphis TSAU13	3.61 ± 0.19	2.83 ± 0.18
P. extremorientalis TSAU20	3.65 ± 0.22	2.81 ± 0.28
P. aurantiaca TSAU22	3.29 ± 0.21	2. 43 ± 0.29

±SD: Standard deviation.

^*Tomato plants were grown in a greenhouse conditions in potting soil for 4 weeks under non saline (0.5 dS/m) and saline (7.5 dS/m) soil condition.