Figure 5: Lignification and callose deposition in B. monnieri treated with chitinolytic microbe’s viz., Chitiniphilus sp. (CHI) and Streptomyces sp. (STR) singly as well as in combinations (with and without M. incognita).

Control: untreated-uninoculated; Control + Mi: untreated M. incognita-inoculated. (aA and aB) are magnification images at 5X (scale bar = 200 μm) and 10X (scale bar = 100 μm), respectively. Fluorescent microscope images; (b) aniline blue stained light microscope at 20X (scale bar = 200 μm).