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Table 8 Beneficial effect of four Aspergillus spp. isolates, two Penicillium spp. isolates, and two Trichoderma spp. isolates, on watermelon and melon plants in vivo assay, revealed by development rate of shoot and root dry weights (%)

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

 

Watermelon

Melon

Antagonists

Development rate of shoot dry weight %a

Development rate of root dry weight %a

Development rate of shoot dry weight %a

Development rate of root dry weight %a

A. flavus

5.98cb

4.99b

11.45a

12.87a

A. fumigatus

3.02c

3.44b

8.03ab

10.16ab

A. niger

3.57c

4.86b

1.72c

4.55b

P. italicum

11.41b

7.76ab

4.12bc

7.01ab

P. digitatum

13.93ab

14.64a

5.41bc

6.13ab

T. viride

11.91ab

10.32ab

7.03ab

9.26ab

T. harzianum

15.12a

15.17a

8.36ab

10.08ab

P valueb

> 0.05

> 0.05

> 0.05

> 0.05

  1. aDevelopment rate presents the mean of three replicates (5 plants/replicate); D (%) = ((DWA − DW) / DW)× 100, where DWA is the dry weight (shoot and root) of the plants inoculated only by the antagonist and DW is the dry weight (shoot and root) of the healthy plants
  2. bDuncan’s multiple range test: means followed by different letters are significantly different at P ≤ 0.05