Table 3.
The effect of different treatments of Th23 and TMV inoculation on the length, fresh, and dry weights of the root system in tomato plants.
| Treatment | Root ± SD * | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Length (cm) | Increase (%) | Fresh Weight (g) | Increase (%) | Dry Weight (g) | Increase (%) | |
| Mock | 11.41 ± 0.63 c | 16.91 | 4.11 ± 0.45 c | 34.75 | 2.03 ± 0.63 b | 11.54 |
| TMV | 9.76 ± 0.72 d | ----- | 3.05 ± 0.34 d | ----- | 1.82 ± 0.47 c | ----- |
| Th23 | 19.04 ± 2.14 a | 95.08 | 5.94 ± 1.19 a | 94.75 | 2.64 ± 0.51 a | 45.05 |
| Th23 + TMV | 14.56 ± 2.18 b | 49.18 | 4.75 ± 1.23 b | 55.74 | 2.05 ± 0.72 b | 12.64 |
* SD, Standard deviation. The mean values in each of the columns that begin with the same letter are not statistically different (p ≤ 0.05).