3.RESULTS
3.1 Bioefficacy of rhizobacteria against M. incognita infecting tomato
Nematode infection was significantly reduced in rhizobacterial treatments as compared to untreated. An average of 265.80 root galls per root was observed in control treatment which reduced significantly (P<0.05) in presence of rhizobacteria isolates B. pumilus (42.60), B. megaterium (41.80), B. subtilis(22.50) and B. cereus (48.75) (Table 2 ). Thus the reduction was significant on application of rhizobacteria. The average number egg mass per plant were 165.80 in untreated control which reduced in presence of B. pumilus (36.70), B. megaterium (34.25),B. subtilis (15.45) and B. cereus (44.60). The effect of at for B. pumilus , B. megaterium , B. subtilis andB. cereus , but was significantly more for B. subtilis . This was also evident in the number of eggs per egg mass and reproduction factor on nematode in B. subtilis treatments. The effect of B. pumilus , B. megaterium , B. subtilisand B. cereus was for with Velum Prime with respect to reduction in average number of galls, egg mass per plant, eggs per egg mass and reproduction factors of nematode. However B. subtilis was found to result in significantly (P < 0.05 ) higher reduction in the above mentioned parameters of nematode infection (Table 2).