Print version ISSN 0006-8705 ALMEIDA, Alexandre Macedo; GOMES,
Vicente Martins and SOUZA, Ricardo Moreira. Greenhouse and field
assessment of rhizobacteria to control guava decline. Bragantia
[online]. 2011, vol.70, n.4, pp. 837-842. ISSN 0006-8705.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S0006-87052011000400016. In an effort
to devise a biological strategy to control guava decline, 120
rhizobacteria isolates were obtained from symptomless guava
trees located in Meloidogyne enterolobii-infested orchards. Of
those isolates, 44 were assessed for their potential to reduce
nematode's reproduction: for each isolate, six guava stem
cuttings were embedded for eight hours with bacterial suspension
and transplanted. Upon development of the roots, the plants were
inoculated with 2000 nematode eggs and allowed to grow for four
months under greenhouse. Seedlings embedded with water,
inoculated or not with the nematode, served as controls. All
treatments were equivalent in the five variables that assessed
plant development. Several rhi