Table 3 Effect of seed dip treatment with fungal root endophytes on white root rot of apple in glasshouse conditions
Isolate | Disease incidence (%) after pathogen inoculation | Mean (%) | Percent disease Control (%) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
15 | 30 | 45 | |||
Fusarium equiseti strain M1 | 0.00 (0.00) | 8.33 (16.77) | 19.44 (26.05) | 9.26 (14.27) | 89.25 |
Aspergillus sp. (C1) | 16.66 (24.08) | 38.88 (38.54) | 52.78 (46.58) | 36.11 (36.39) | 58.07 |
Talaromyces aculeatus strain Ap | 0.00 (0.00) | 16.66 (24.08) | 27.78 (31.74) | 14.81 (18.61) | 82.80 |
Neocosmospora perseae strain G | 8.33 (16.77) | 25.00 (29.99) | 36.11 (36.89) | 23.15 (27.88) | 73.12 |
Aspergillus aculeatus strain C2 | 8.33 (16.77) | 25.00 (29.99) | 44.44 (41.78) | 25.92 (29.51) | 69.90 |
Crinipellis tabtim strain M8 | 0.00 (0.00) | 0.00 (0.00) | 16.66 (24.08) | 5.55 (8.02) | 93.55 |
Fusarium sp. (S2) | 16.66 (24.08) | 33.33 (35.25) | 50.00 (44.98) | 33.33 (34.77) | 61.29 |
Fusarium sp. (K1) | 8.33 (16.77) | 27.78 (31.74) | 52.78 (46.58) | 29.63 (31.69) | 65.59 |
Fusarium circinatum strain K3 | 0.00 (0.00) | 16.66 (24.08) | 38.88 (38.54) | 18.51 (20.87) | 78.50 |
Control | 58.33 (49.82) | 100.00 (89.39) | 100.00 (89.39) | 86.11 (76.20) | 0.00 |
Mean | 11.66 (14.83) | 29.16 (31.98) | 43.89 (42.66) | ||
CD0.05 | Isolate (Is) = 1.73, Interval (I) = 0.95, Isolate (Is) × Interval (I) = 3.00 | ||||