Table 1 Effect of axenic, co-culture and modular co-culture of T. asperellum and B. amyloliquefaciens on the plant growth and biological control against Fusarium verticillioides and Cohilohorus herostrophus under both corn stover amended and non-amended soil in green house conditions

T1

41.22.41ⁱ

22.54 ± 0.36^f

1.36 ± 0.04^f

0.03 ± 0.07^f

0.1 ± 0.02^g

0.01 ± 0.021^e

ND

ND

T2

54.26.3^f

19.55 ± 0.6^h

1.57 ± 0.09^f

0.12 ± 0.08^d

0.17 ± 0.01^f

0.04 ± 0.06^b

30^c

30^c

T3

51.98 ± 0.41^g

31.17 ± 0.41^c

2.51 ± 0.07^e

0.14 ± 0.01^d

0.33 ± 0.01^d

0.0344 ± 0.01^c

40^d

40^d

T4

55.46 ± 0.45^f

25.8 ± 0.48^c

3.26 ± 0.05^d

0.12 ± 0.05^d

0.33 ± 0.09^d

0.04 ± 0.08^c

30^c

30^c

T5

59.87 ± 0.5^d

25.51 ± 0.2^e

3.42 ± 0.07^d

0.15 ± 0.01^d

0.45 ± 0.07^c

0.05 ± 0.01^b

30^c

30^c

T6

65.55 ± 0.4^c

28.99 ± 0.5^d

4.4 ± 0.09^c

0.15 ± 0.01^d

0.46 ± 0.02^c

0.05 ± 0.01^b

20^b

20^b

T7

34.74 ± 0.20^j

17.7 ± 0.29 ^l

2.5 ± 0.11^e

0.04 ± 0.07e^f

0.25 ± 0.01^e

0.024 ± 0.05^d

60^e

60^e

T8

43.94 ± 0.56^h

21.02 ± 0.50^g

2.72 ± 0.13^e

0.08 ± 0.02^e

0.28 ± 0.01^e

0.02 ± 0.01^d

ND

ND

T9

55.37 ± 0.37^f

22.62 ± 0.47^f

3.51 ± 0.15^d

0.14 ± 0.015^d

0.44 ± 0.01^c

0.05 ± 0.01e^b

30^d

30^d

T10

55.89 ± 0.37^e

24.64 ± 0.51^e

3.53 ± 0.14^d

0.14 ± 0.06^d

0.33 ± 0.17^d

0.05 ± 0.01^b

40^b

40^b

T11

68.88 ± 0.3^b

35.55 ± 0.46^b

5.68 ± 0.08^c

0.22 ± 0.02^c

0.44 ± 0.01^c

0.05 ± 0.03^b

20^a

20^a

T12

69.53 ± 0.36^b

29.62 ± 0.51^d

5.56 ± 0.15^b

0.34 ± 0.15^b

0.59 ± 0.02^b

0.07 ± _0.016^a

10^a

10^a

T13

74.98 ± 0.57^a

44.94 ± 0.28^a

6.54 ± 0.14^a

0.45 ± 0.017^a

0.64 ± 0.011^a

0.07 ± 0.0017^a

10^a

10^a

T14

42.2 ± 0.3^j

16.3 ± 0.42^J

2.618 ± 0.1^e

0.08 ± 0.004^e

0.25 ± 0.001^e

0.03 ± 0.001^c

70^d

70^d