Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control

Table 10 Comparison of different growth parameters values: shoot and root heights (cm), shoot and root fresh weights (g), and shoot of root dry weights (g) recorded by melon seedlings inoculated by two F. solani f. sp. cucurbitae isolates (FSC 5 and FSC 2) and two F. oxysporum f. sp. melonis isolates (FOM) and treated curatively by three Trichoderma spp. isolates and A. flavus

From: Evaluation of the efficiency of Trichoderma, Penicillium, and Aspergillus species as biological control agents against four soil-borne fungi of melon and watermelon

Pathogens	Treatments	Growth parameters
Pathogens	Treatments	TH (cm)^a	RH (cm)^a	TFW (g)^a	RFW (g)^a	TDW (g)^a	RDW (g)^a
FSC5	T. erinaceum	37.00ab^b	16.70a	7.31a	0.46a	1.36b	0.18a
	T. viride	39.50a	14.90abc	6.99a	0.38ab	1.34b	0.12cdef
	T. helicum	38.00a	11.20ef	5.14b	0.28bcde	1.00c	0.13cde
	A. flavus	37.80a	14.10bcd	4.85b	0.27bcde	1.23b	0.17ab
	FSC5	15.43g	11.00ef	3.78cde	0.21de	0.22g	0.08f0
FSC2	T. erinaceum	32.90c	16.70a	5.26b	0.34bc	1.39b	0.18a
	T. viride	31.60c	15.50ab	7.36a	0.34bc	1.65a	0.15abc
	T. helicum	30.90cd	14.80abc	5.23b	0.27bcde	1.36b	0.15abcd
	A. flavus	33.70bc	16.60a	4.56bc	0.29bcd	1.28b	0.13bcd
	FSC2	24.70ef	11.00ef	2.40f	0.17e	0.60de	0.09ef
FOM	T. erinaceum	22.50f	15.10ab	3.37def	0.23cde	0.51ef	0.09ef
	T. viride	25.80ef	12.90cde	4.66bc	0.24cde	0.35fg	0.12cdef
	T. helicum	25.00ef	13.60bcd	5.12b	0.26cde	0.53ef	0.13bcd
	A. flavus	23.00f	15.30ab	4.35bcd	0.26bcde	0.29g	0.11def
	FOM	15.30g	10.73f	3.28def	0.21de	0.23g	0.08f
Control		27.80de	12.50def	12.50def	0.22de	0.75d	0.17ab
P value^b		> 0.05	> 0.05	> 0.05	> 0.05	> 0.05	> 0.05

^aShoot and root height (cm), shoot and root fresh weight (g), shoot of root dry weight (g), mean of three replicates (5 plants/replicate)
^bDuncan’s multiple range test: means followed by different letters are significantly different at P ≤ 0.05

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