Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control

Table 2 Effect of algal treatments of cucumber Hesham hybrid compared with control and Rugby nematicide on plant fresh and dry weight, dry matter percentage, chlorophyll SPAD index, number of days to flowering, and fruit set percentage 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 weight (g)		Dry matter (%)	SPAD index		No. of days to flowering	Fruit set%	Plant weight (g)		Dry matter (%)	SPAD index		No. of days to flowering	Fruit set%
	Fresh	Dry	Dry matter (%)	Before	After	No. of days to flowering	Fruit set%	Fresh	dry	Dry matter (%)	Before	After	No. of days to flowering	Fruit set%
Control	618	53.46	8.65	39.6	42.7	21	58	675	59.46	8.8	40.2	43.1	22	52
Rugby 10G	830	77.19	9.30	40.6	48.7	21	71	812	71.19	8.8	41.2	47.7	21	69
Spirulina spray	690	61.66	8.94	40.1	46.3	22	67	711	64.70	9.1	40.6	46.8	21	70
Spirulina drench	745	66.01	8.86	39.8	49.5	22	66	765	71.01	9.3	41.0	49.4	22	68
Amphora spray	722	66.65	9.22	40.4	49.8	21	69	734	71.19	9.7	40.7	48.7	21	71
Amphora drench	822	74.88	9.11	39.8	50.8	20	72	824	83.6	10.1	40.8	49.3	21	69
Spirulina spray + drench	802	75.23	9.38	39.9	49.7	21	69	789	70.23	8.9	41.5	48.2	22	68
Amphora spray + drench	845	81.79	9.70	40.4	53.4	21	75	839	80.4	9.5	40.9	51.7	21	72
LSD at t _0.05	42.0	7.30	0.36	NS	3.60	NS	3.4	33.2	8.50	0.48	NS	2.3	NS	2.2

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