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Table 3 Effect of algal treatments of cucumber Hesham hybrid compared with control and Rugby nematicide on early and total, marketable yield and unmarketable yield 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

Yield/Plant

Early Yield/Plant

Marketable yield (ton/Greenhouse)

Unmarketable (%)

Yield/Plant

Early Yield/Plant

Marketable Yield (ton/Green house)

Unmarketable (%)

Number

Weight (kg)

Number

Weight (g)

Number

Weight (kg)

Number

Weight (g)

Control

21

2.150

2.21

215.3

1.970

8.38

20

2.095

3.1

312.3

1.906

9.01

Rugby 10G

37

4.431

5.30

634.9

4.180

5.66

41

4.874

5.5

653.8

4.612

5.38

Spirulina spray

27

3.229

5.00

598.0

3.107

3.76

30

3.214

4.8

578.2

3.423

5.28

Spirulina drench

34

4.375

5.21

670.5

4.102

6.25

36

3.405

5.3

648.5

4.158

5.61

Amphora spray

30

3.695

5.62

692.4

3.462

6.31

34

4.464

5.3

695.9

4.248

4.84

Amphora drench

38

4.714

5.83

722.9

4.436

5.89

41

4.647

5.6

662.0

4.615

4.78

Spirulina spray + drench

35

4.505

5.81

747.7

4.280

5.00

41

4.626

5.4

625.1

4.510

4.98

Amphora spray + drench

42

5.168

6.24

767.5

4.923

4.74

45

4.981

5.9

721.5

5.136

4.56

LSD at t 0.05

3.8

0.311

1.23

46

1.120

1.43

4.1

0.521

1.11

55

1.44

1.87