Table 7 Damage reduction rate of top and root dry weight (%) and disease severity index values recorded by watermelon and melon seedlings inoculated with two M. phaseolina isolates and treated preventively by four Aspergillus spp. isolates, two Penicillium spp. isolates, and two Trichoderma spp. isolates in vivo assay
Preventive treatment | Damage reduction rate of shoot dry weight %a | Damage reduction rate of root dry weight %a | Disease severity indexa | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Cultivars | MP1 | MP2 | MP1 | MP2 | MP1 | MP2 | |
Watermelon | A. flavus | 14.88bb | 19.39c | 11.73c | 19.40c | 2.33a | 2.67a |
A. fumigatus | 8.94c | 22.19b | 35.09b | 50.18a | 2.33a | 1.83abc | |
A. niger | 31.97ab | 27.70b | 15.92c | 27.70b | 2.33a | 1.50bc | |
P. italicum | 13.75b | 20.87b | 26.85bc | 43.00ab | 2.17b | 2.17ab | |
P. digitatum | 43.36ab | 33.56b | 27.78bc | 33.57abc | 1.67b | 1.50ab | |
T. viride | 40.42ab | 44.22b | 34.30b | 44.22ab | 1.33b | 1.33abc | |
T. harzianum | 51.11a | 52.71a | 54.33a | 52.71a | 1.50b | 1.50c | |
P valuec | > 0.05 | > 0.05 | > 0.05 | > 0.05 | > 0.05 | > 0.05 | |
Melon | A. flavus | 3.69c | 14.09c | 18.31b | 16.92d | 1.33ab | 2.00a |
A. fumigatus | 12.64c | 28.40b | 30.58ab | 26.99cd | 2.67a | 1.33ab | |
A. niger | 29.51ab | 35.91b | 26.29ab | 37.35abc | 1.50ab | 1.33ab | |
P. italicum | 7.38c | 23.44c | 20.25ab | 27.90cd | 1.50ab | 1.50ab | |
P. digitatum | 34.42a | 39.51a | 34.06a | 33.30bcd | 1.33ab | 0.83b | |
T. viride | 30.56ab | 29.09b | 35.41a | 48.18ab | 1.50ab | 1.33ab | |
T. harzianum | 27.80b | 29.52b | 37.23a | 50.68a | 1.33ab | 0.50b | |
P valuec | > 0.05 | > 0.05 | > 0.05 | > 0.05 | > 0.05 | > 0.05 | |