Research Article
Evaluation of Rhizosphere Bacterial Antagonists against Ralstonia solanacearum Causing Tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum) Wilt in Central Ethiopia
Table 3
Growth expressed as CFU/mL (×106) at different temperature, pH, and NaCl levels values.
| Inoculum at different conditions | Pseudomonas isolates | Bacillus isolates | P2 | P5 | P6 | P7 | P23 | B1 | B13 | B28 | Initial/inoculum size | 4.6 | 4.3 | 4.4 | 4.7 | 4.2 | 4.3 | 4.5 | 4.7 |
| Temperature (°C) | 80 | 3.1 | 4.1 | 3.6 | 4 | 3.8 | 241000 | 274000 | 286000 | 45 | 1020 | 750 | 1200 | 860 | 1400 | 280000 | 273000 | 251000 | 35 | 278000 | 221000 | 266000 | 220000 | 256000 | 288000 | 293000 | 281000 | 25 | 292000 | 220000 | 278000 | 222000 | 284000 | 294000 | 270000 | 288000 | 15 | 297000 | 220000 | 236000 | 220000 | 259000 | 273000 | 290000 | 262000 |
| pH | 3 | 1120 | 990 | 700 | 4.2 | 890 | 4.8 | 4.4 | 3.9 | 5 | 20000 | 261000 | 277000 | 229000 | 291000 | 860 | 750 | 268000 | 7 | 260000 | 269000 | 236000 | 284000 | 251000 | 261000 | 270000 | 288000 | 9 | 25000 | 261000 | 236000 | 272000 | 289000 | 960 | 840 | 15000 |
| NaCl concentration (%) | 2 | 241000 | 262000 | 277000 | 253000 | 269000 | 286000 | 260000 | 274000 | 5 | 910 | 1060 | 1190 | 20000 | 19100 | 17300 | 18900 | 21000 | 10 | 4.4 | 4.2 | 3.6 | 4 | 3.8 | 990 | 1250 | 1400 |
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