Table 5 Means of the tomato fruit attributes after application of potent endophytic fungal isolates. FOL: Fusarium oxysporum lycopersici.
Treatments | Mean no. of fruit per plant | Mean single fruit weight (g) | Mean yield (kg/plant) | Mean yield (T/ha) |
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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 |