Table 9 Comparison of different growth parameter values: shoot and root heights (cm), shoot and root fresh weights (g), and shoot of root dry weights (g) recorded by watermelon seedlings inoculated by two F. solani f. sp. cucurbitae isolates (FSC 5 and FSC 2) and two F. oxysporum f. sp. niveum isolates (FON 1 and FON 2) and treated curatively by three Trichoderma spp. isolates and A. flavus

FSC5

T. erinaceum

46.80efgh^b

16.40abcde

6.46def

0.21ef

1.55defghi

0.15defg

T. viride

48.70defg

15.20cdefg

6.20efg

0.35cde

1.44fghij

0.17bcdef

T. helicum

44.00fghij

16.60abcd

5.21fgh

0.47bcd

1.63defgh

0.23ab

A. flavus

49.60def

16.40abcde

5.04fgh

0.27def

2.22b

0.18abcd

FSC5

40.80hij

13.50fgh

4.20hi

0.14f

1.90bcd

0.10g

FSC2

T. erinaceum

38.60ij

14.30defgh

5.61fgh

0.33cdef

1.47fghij

0.16cdef

T. viride

44.90efghi

16.90abc

6.14efg

0.31cdef

1.38ghij

0.16cdef

T. helicum

41.10hij

17.90ab

5.88fgh

0.28def

1.71cdefg

0.14defg

A. flavus

45.40efghi

18.60a

5.22fgh

0.29def

1.28hijk

0.15defg

FSC2

27.50k

12.20h

2.91i

0.18ef

0.97k

0.10g

FON1

T. erinaceum

51.70cde

15.80bcdef

8.21cd

0.49bc

2.91a

0.23a

T. viride

60.70ab

16.60abcd

10.77 b

0.75a

2.05bc

0.18bcde

T. helicum

61.30a

15.80bcdef

8.73c

0.33cdef

1.51efghi

0.13defg

A. flavus

57.00abc

14.00efgh

10.62 b

0.42cd

2.01bc

0.13defg

FON1

42.00ghij

12.10h

5.98fgh

0.18ef

1.12jk

0.14defg

FON2

T. erinaceum

54.20bcd

16.60abcd

11.73ab

0.71a

1.78cdef

0.18bcde

T. viride

50.30cdef

16.40abcde

11.21ab

0.65ab

1.46fghij

0.21abc

T. helicum

54.00bcd

16.00bcde

12.60a

0.51bc

1.86bcde

0.16cdef

A. flavus

46.10efgh

13.10gh

7.91cde

0.28def

1.79cdef

0.13defg

FON2

27.80k

12.40h

4.42ghi

0.20ef

0.99k

0.12fg

Control

37.00j

12.60h

5.08fgh

0.21ef

1.18ijk

0.13defg

P value^b

> 0.05

> 0.05

> 0.05

> 0.05

> 0.05

> 0.05