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Table 3 Effect of different concentrations of the seed treatments on damping-off caused by F. graminearum in wheat cultivars

From: Determination of antagonistic effect of bio-agents against cereal damping-off caused by Fusarium graminearum in wheat

Seed treatments

Concentrations (spores/ml)

Wheat cultivars

Gun 91

Sultan 95

Incidence of damping-off (%)

Inhibition rate (%)

Incidence of damping-off (%)

Inhibition rate (%)

G. roseum

1 × 105

45.7 ± 0.24c–e*

54.3

40.0 ± 0.25cd*

60.0

1 × 106

40.3 ± 0.83d

59.7

33.0 ± 0.44de

67.0

1 × 107

33.7 ± 0.44e–g

66.3

28.3 ± 0.84e–h

71.7

1 × 108

26.1 ± 0.21f–h

73.9

22.4 ± 0.31f–i

77.6

1 × 109

18.5 ± 0.45g–i

81.5

14.2 ± 0.79hi

85.8

S. cerevisiae

1 × 105

49.0 ± 0.92b–f

51.0

41.2 ± 0.45c

58.8

1 × 106

32.7 ± 0.12e–h

67.3

31.8 ± 0.90d–g

68.2

1 × 107

27.2 ± 0.44fg

72.8

23.6 ± 0.87f–h

76.4

1 × 108

20.7 ± 0.84g

79.3

16.5 ± 0.61g–j

83.5

1 × 109

14.1 ± 0.10h–j

85.9

9.5 ± 0.28i–k

90.5

S. fimicola

1 × 105

43.5 ± 0.89c–g

56.5

35.304.91c–h

64.7

1 × 106

37.0 ± 0.44d–h

63.0

29.5 ± 0.21e–g

70.5

1 × 107

31.6 ± 0.23e–i

68.4

23.6 ± 0.13f–h

76.4

1 × 108

21.8 ± 0.90f–l

78.2

16.5 ± 0.91g–j

83.5

1 × 109

15.3 ± 0.36hi

84.7

11.8 ± 0.21i

88.2

G. roseum + S. cerevisiae

1 × 105

46.8 ± 0.71cd

53.2

38.9 ± 0.60c–e

61.1

1 × 106

35.9 ± 0.67d–k

64.1

33.0 ± 0.13de

67.0

1 × 107

30.0 ± 0.61e–j

70.6

25.9 ± 0.61f

74.1

1 × 108

20.7 ± 0.41g

79.3

18.9 ± 0.69gh

81.1

1 × 109

16.4 ± 0.21g–k

83.6

10.6 ± 0.11ij

89.4

G. roseum + S. fimicola

1 × 105

44.6 ± 0.78c–f

55.4

37.7 ± 0.91c–f

62.3

1 × 106

38.1 ± 0.81d–g

61.9

30.6 ± 0.50ef

69.4

1 × 107

32.7 ± 0.11e–h

67.3

24.8 ± 0.31fg

75.2

1 × 108

24.0 ± 0.21f–i

76.0

18.9 ± 0.26gh

81.1

1 × 109

17.4 ± 0.10g–j

82.6

13.0 ± 0.20h–j

87.0

S. cerevisiae + S. fimicola

1 × 105

29.4 ± 0.47e–j

70.6

23.6 ± 0.82f–h

76.4

1 × 106

22.9 ± 0.89fk

77.1

15.3 ± 0.41g–k

84.7

1 × 107

13.1 ± 0.67h–k

86.9

8.3 ± 0.17i–l

91.7

1 × 108

7.7 ± 0.31j

92.3

3.7 ± 0.11j–l

96.3

1 × 109

2.2 ± 0.11lm

97.8

1.2 ± 0.03kl

98.8

Control

-

61.3 ± 1.11a

-

56.6 ± 1.03a

-

  1. *Values expressed are mean (± standard error) of five replicates
  2. Values given separately for the seed treatments within each column followed by different letters are significantly different at p < 0.05