Biological control of cucumber powdery mildew (Podosphaera xanthii) (Castagne) under greenhouse conditions

Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control

Table 4 Influence of bio-agents treatments on yield parameters of powdery mildewed cucumber plants

Treatments	No. fruits plant⁻¹	Average increase over the control %	Fruit yield (kg plant⁻¹)	Average increase over the control %
T. harzianum	30.7d	29.54	2.45c	34.62
T. viride	31.3cd	32.07	2.75bc	51.10
B. subtilis	35.7ab	50.63	3.50a	92.31
P. polymyxa	33.3bc	40.51	3.20ab	75.82
S. marcescens	32.0bcd	35.02	2.95bc	62.09
Fungicide	37.7a	59.07	3.65a	100.55
Control	23.7e	-	1.82d

Values assigned to similar letters are not significantly different (P ≤ 0.05) according to Duncan’s multiple range test