Table 6 Disease assessment and plant-growth-promoting attributes for validating ISR through foliar spraying of biocontrol agents.

From: Antagonistic potential and biological control mechanisms of Pseudomonas strains against banded leaf and sheath blight disease of maize

Treatments

Disease incidence (%)

Lesion length (cm)

Shoot length (cm)

Average fresh weight/plant (g)

Average biomass/plant (g)

AB.CON

0.00a

0.00a

49.05 ± 1.320c

17.597 ± 0.619c

3.367 ± 0.153bc

 + CONC

67.22 ± 7.515d

3.78 ± 0.142b

36.63 ± 1.320ab

20.733 ± 0.681d

4.160 ± 0.246d

-CONC

82.22 ± 6.777e

6.70 ± 0.926c

35.80 ± 3.045ab

14.233 ± 0.643b

2.333 ± 0.252a

AS19C1

43.33 ± 9.547b

1.37 ± 2.367a

59.83 ± 4.554d

25.593 ± 0.665e

5.423 ± 0.108e

AS19C2

83.33 ± 8.390e

5.61 ± 0.317bc

40.73 ± 1.570b

11.860 ± 0.740a

2.087 ± 0.241 s

AS21C1

41.11 ± 4.434c

1.30 ± 2.252a

56.40 ± 2.762d

18.133 ± 0.603c

4.533 ± 0.153d

AS21C2

83.33 ± 4.434e

6.24 ± 0.019c

35.13 ± 2.839a

13.017 ± 1.107ab

3.100 ± 0.265b

Standard error mean

2.553

0.282

0.634

0.162

0.046

  1. Means in each column followed by the same letter were not significantly different (p < 0.05) as determined by the one-way ANOVA and Duncan’s multiple range test (DMRT). Values were the means of three replications ± standard deviation.