FIGURE 7.

Meloidogyne incognita reproduction is affected in Bacillus firmus I-1582 primed tomato plants but not in cucumber. Number of eggs in tomato and cucumber plants 40 days after inoculation with M. incognita (Mi) or co-inoculated with 10⁹ CFU of Bf I-1582 one week after transplanting and with 200 juveniles of M. incognita 2 weeks after transplanting (Mi+Bf). Each value is mean ± standard error of three replicates. Asterisk indicates significant differences between treatments per each plant species according to the non-parametric Wilcoxon test in tomato or Student’s t-test in cucumber (P< 0.05).