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Table 4 Effect of algal treatments of cucumber Hesham hybrid compared with control and Rugby nematicide on fruit characters, total soluble solids, and NPK 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

Fruit weight (g)

Fruit (cm)

T.S.S

Fruit dry matter (%)

Minerals

Fruit weight (g)

Fruit

T.S.S

Fruit dry matter (%)

Minerals (%)

Length

Diameter

N

P

K

Length

Diameter

N

P

K

Control

102.4

14.6

2.2

4.2

5.2

1.414

0.20

1.13

104.75

13.8

2.4

4.6

4.9

1.325

0.23

1.24

Rugby 10G

119.8

17.6

2.8

4.2

4.8

3.257

0.46

3.09

118.878

17.21

2.9

4.6

4.7

3.39

0.39

2.78

Spirulina spray

119.6

17.8

2.8

4.4

4.6

2.114

0.30

4.12

120.467

16.98

3

4.5

4.7

2.451

0.32

3.96

Spirulina drench

128.7

17.8

2.7

4.2

4.7

3.052

0.447

2.97

122.361

17.4

2.9

4.5

4.8

3.292

0.39

2.37

Amphora spray

123.2

17.5

3.1

4.2

4.5

3.283

0.335

3.62

131.294

17.5

3.2

4.5

4.7

3.415

0.36

3.54

Amphora drench

124.0

18.4

3.2

4.3

4.6

3.433

0.540

4.91

118.22

17.2

3.2

4.4

4.8

3.79

0.48

4.34

Spirulina spray + drench

128.7

17.8

3.1

4.3

4.4

2.534

0.415

3.63

115.756

18.1

2.8

4.6

4.9

3.14

0.45

3.48

Amphora spray + drench

123.0

18.8

3.2

4.6

4.2

4.216

0.542

3.51

122.295

17.8

2.9

4.6

4.8

4.156

0.56

4.68

LSD at t 0.05

7.400

1.32

0.4

NS

NS

0.654

0.121

0.54

12.45

2.31

0.3

NS

NS

0.461

0.10

0.514