Figure 3.

Effect of DdC on tomato growth parameters: height (a), number of leaves (b), shoot and root fresh weight (c), and shoot and root dry weight (d). Bars represent, in order from left to right: control soil untreated and not inoculated with the pathogen (C); soil inoculated with F. solani (F); soil treated with compost at 5%; soil treated with compost at 10%; soil treated with compost at 20%; soil treated with compost at different concentrations and inoculated with the pathogen (5% + F, 10% + F, and 20% + F). All data are expressed as the mean of three replicates ± SDs. Bars with different letters indicate mean values significantly different at p ≤ 0.01, according to two-way ANOVA combined with Tukey post hoc test.