Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control

Table 1 Effect of algal treatments of cucumber Hesham hybrid compared with control and Rugby nematicide on vegetative growth under infested soil with root-knot nematodes in 2016 and 2017 seasons

From: Algal application as a biological control method of root-knot nematode Meloidogyne incognita on cucumber under protected culture conditions and its impact on yield and fruit quality

Treatments	2016						2017
	Plant length cm	Number		Stem diameter mm	Internode length cm	Leaf area cm²	Plant length cm	Number		Stem diameter mm	Internode length cm	Leaf area cm²
	Plant length cm	Branches	Leaves	Stem diameter mm	Internode length cm	Leaf area cm²	Plant length cm	Branch	Leaves	Stem diameter mm	Internode length cm	Leaf area cm²
Control	231	16	45	16.5	10.3	187	248	15	44	17.6	9.40	196
Rugby 10G	345	24	61	25.5	9.8	286	378	28	62	28.2	10.6	298
Spirulina spray	290	21	52	24.7	12.1	278	322	24	47	26.9	11.8	286
Spirulina drench	315	21	54	26.2	13.5	256	363	24	55	27.1	12.1	274
Amphora spray	320	24	54	25.3	12.8	294	345	26	57	27.6	12.5	302
Amphora drench	335	23	56	25.3	14.2	312	370	27	60	26.6	12.7	321
Spirulina spray + drench	335	28	63	26.4	13.7	278	365	26	59	27.4	14.0	287
Amphora spray + drench	375	31	66	27.6	13.9	338	387	33	64	27.9	14.2	323
LSD at t _0.05	56	1.9	5.3	2.10	1.10	43	42	2.1	4.8	2.20	1.40	38

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