Table 5 Means of the tomato fruit attributes after application of potent endophytic fungal isolates. FOL: Fusarium oxysporum lycopersici.

From: Biostimulant and antagonistic potential of endophytic fungi against fusarium wilt pathogen of tomato Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. lycopersici

Treatments

Mean no. of fruit per plant

Mean single fruit weight (g)

Mean yield (kg/plant)

Mean yield (T/ha)

Non-inoculated

20.78 ± 0.74c

38.92 ± 1.23c

0.81 ± 0.01c

32.29 ± 0.5c

FOL

17.33 ± 0.51d

29.77 ± 0.69d

0.52 ± 0.02d

20.65 ± 0.95d

T. asperellum M2RT4 and FOL

28.00 ± 1.00a

45.06 ± 0.85b

1.26 ± 0.02a

50.40 ± 0.9a

T. harzianum KF2R41 and FOL

23.16 ± 0.86b

37.25 ± 1.34c

0.86 ± 0.05c

34.52 ± 1.85c

H. lixii F3ST1 and FOL

23.66 ± 0.87b

52.91 ± 0.57a

1.25 ± 0.04a

50.06 ± 1.51a

T. asperellum M2RT4

28.99 ± 0.51a

45.00 ± 0.75b

1.30 ± 0.01a

52.17 ± 0.38a

T. harzianum KF2R41

24.33 ± 0.32b

44.06 ± 1.07b

1.07 ± 0.04b

42.90 ± 1.56b

H. lixii F3ST1

23.99 ± 0.88b

54.46 ± 0.43a

1.31 ± 0.04a

52.25 ± 1.43a

P value

 < 0.001

 < 0.001

 < 0.001

 < 0.001

  1. Mean ± standard error followed by different letters within a column indicate significant differences between the treatments at the P < 0.05 (n = 8) by SNK test.