Table 2 Different treatments applied on watermelon and melon seedlings in vivo biological control assay. Two type of treatments: preventive (application of fungal antagonist before 24 h of pathogen) and curative (application of fungal antagonist 24 h after the inoculation)
Seedlings | Treatments | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Preventive | Curative | |||||
Melon | Watermelon and melon | Melon | Watermelon | |||
Pathogens | F. o. f. sp. melonis | M. phaseolina | F. s. f. sp. cucurbitae | F. o. f. sp. melonis | F. s. f. sp. cucurbitae | F. o. f. sp. niveum |
Antagonists | FOM1/FOM6 | MP1/MP2 | FSC2/FSC5 | FOM1/FOM6 | FSC2/FSC5 | FON1/FON2 |
Aspergillus flavus | + | + | + | + | + | + |
A. fumigatus | + | + | − | − | − | − |
A. niger | + | + | − | − | − | − |
A. terreus | + | − | − | − | − | − |
Penicillium italicum | + | + | − | − | − | − |
P. digitatum | + | + | − | − | − | − |
Trichoderma viride | + | + | + | + | + | + |
T. harzianum | + | + | − | − | − | − |
T. helicum | − | − | + | + | + | + |
T. erinaceum | − | − | + | + | + | + |