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Table 4 Densities of Ralstonia solanacearum in soil and in plant tissues of congenial plant species prior starting the crop succession program

From: Microbial biodiversity as related to crop succession and potato intercropping for management of brown rot disease

Area

 

Log (CFU + 1)/g (mean ± SE)

 

Wardan (sandy soil)

Soil

0.82 ± 0.41

 

Congenial plant species

  

Chenopodia palvilora (1 plant)

0.00

 

Cynodum dactylum (1 plant)

1.61

 

Malva spp. (1 plant)

2.00

 

Ganoub El-Tahrir (sandy soil)

Soil

3.79 ± 0.18

 

Congenial plant species

  

Arachis hypogaea (6 plants)

3.26 ± 0.51

 

Lolium perenne (7 plants)

3.91 ± 0.48

 

Solanum nigrum (1 plant)

3.34

 

Solanum tuberosum (3 left over potatoes)

4.19 ± 0.37

 

Talia (clay soil)

Soil

3.13 ± 0.51

 

Congenial plant species

  
 

Amaranthus sylvestris (1 plant)

0.00

 
 

Chenopodium spp. (1 plant)

0.00

 
 

Cichorium palmilum (1 plant)

2.00

 
 

Corchorus olitorius (1 plant)

1.61

 
 

Cyperus difformis L. (3 plants)

0.77 ± 0.77

 
 

Dinebra retroflexa (3 plants)

2.3 ± 0.3

 
 

Portulaca oleracae (1 plant)

3.00

 
 

Solanum tuberosum (10 left over potatoes)

2.24 ± 0.52

 
 

Stellaria media (1 plant)

0.00

 

Sids (clay soil)

Soil

2.74 ± 0.21

 

Congenial plant species

  
 

Portulaca oleracae (8 plant)

0.00 ± 0.00

 
 

Zea mays (3 plants)

0.00 ± 0.00

 
  1. The italics are for the scientific names of the weeds