Table 6.

Effect of antagonistic bacterial strains on chilli pepper seed germination in vitro.

Bacterial isolates (108 cfu ml−1)	Chilli pepper seed germination (%)
RWPRB03—Pseudomonas putida	93.3 ± 5.77a
RBT7—Pseudomonas putida	83.3 ± 5.77abc
RB09—Pseudomonas libanensis	86.7 ± 5.77ab
AJ-RB13—Pseudomonas aeruginosa	73.3 ± 5.77c
DKB53—Bacillus subtilis	86.7 ± 5.77ab
AJ-RB22—Bacillus megatarium	80.0 ± 10.0bc
KSL-24—Bacillus cereus	83.3 ± 11.6abc
KSL-8T—Bacillus cereus	76.7 ± 5.77bc
Control	86.7 ± 5.77ab
LSD	12.352

All the presented values are means of three replicates. Means were subjected to analysis of variance and were separated by LSD test. Letters represent the significant difference among the mean values and ± are standard error values of the means.