Table 1 Spore germination and germ tube length of M. oryzae P131 co-cultured with cells or sterile culture filtrate of Bacillus subtilis strains SYX04 and SYX20

7 ± 0.6 d

93.3 ± 0.6

5 ± 0.3 c

93.8 ± 0.8

12.2 ± 2.2 c

88.3 ± 2.1

27 ± 1.0 b

72.7 ± 1.0

24 ± 1.0 b

72.1 ± 0.3

27.6 ± 0.6 b

73.5 ± 0.6

9 ± 1.2 d

91.3 ± 1.2

6 ± 1.7 c

93.0 ± 2.2

4.3 ± 0.5 d

95.9 ± 0.5

23 ± 2.9 c

76.8 ± 3.5

22 ± 1.2 b

73.3 ± 1.4

27.8 ± 7.5 b

73.3 ± 7.6

99 ± 0.6 a

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86 ± 2.0 a

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104.3 ± 5.4 a

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