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Table 3 Effect of the Enterobacter cloacae PS14 and Trichoderma asperellum T34 on wilt diseases severity and tuber yield on potato plants under field conditions during in two trail seasons.

From: Approving the biocontrol method of potato wilt caused by Ralstonia solanacearum (Smith) using Enterobacter cloacae PS14 and Trichoderma asperellum T34

Treatment

Season 2017

Season 2018

Disease severity (%)

Reduction of disease severity (%)

Yield (ton/hectare)

Increasing of yield (%)

Disease severity (%)

Reduction of disease severity

Yield (ton/hectare)

Increasing of yield (%)

Trichoderma asperellum T34

36.60 ± 5.77 b

39.00

30.45 ± 3.51 ab

33.70

33.7 ± 0.16 b

42.20

31.42 ± 2.03 ab

40.96

Enterobacter cloacae PS14

26.70 ± 2.89 c

48.83

27.46 ± 5.13 bc

20.44

29.70 ± 1.30 c

49.06

29.03 ± 0.91 b

30.24

Infected control

60.00 ± 10.0 a

-

22.80 ± 4.16 cd

-

58.30 ± 0.37 a

-

22.29 ± 0.41 c

-

Healthy control

0.0 ± 0.0

-

32.60 ± 1.46 a

42.98

0.0 ± 0.0c

-

32.80 ± 2.26 a

47.25

  1. Values in the same column followed by the same letter(s) are not significantly different as determined by the LSD test (P ≤ 0.05)