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Table 4 Effect of seed treatment with fungal root endophytes on white root rot of appleĀ under field conditions

From: Screening, identification, and colonization of fungal root endophytes against Dematophora necatrix: a ubiquitous pathogen of fruit trees

Isolate

Disease incidence (%) after pathogen inoculation

Mean (%)

Percent disease Control (%)

15

30

45

Fusarium equiseti strain M1

0.00 (0.00)

16.66 (24.08)

30.55 (33.49)

15.74 (19.19)

81.72

Aspergillus sp. (C1)

19.44 (26.05)

41.66 (40.18)

58.33 (49.77)

39.81 (38.67)

53.77

Talaromyces aculeatus strain Ap

0.00 (0.00)

16.66 (24.08)

38.88 (38.54)

18.51 (20.87)

78.50

Neocosmospora perseae strain G

8.33 (16.77)

27.78 (31.74)

52.78 (46.58)

29.63 (31.69)

65.59

Aspergillus aculeatus strain C2

13.88 (21.64)

33.33 (35.25)

52.78 (46.58)

33.33 (34.49)

61.29

Crinipellis tabtim strain M8

0.00 (0.00)

13.88 (21.64)

25.00 (29.99)

12.96 (17.21)

84.95

Fusarium sp. (S2)

16.66 (24.08)

41.66 (40.18)

55.55 (48.18)

37.96 (37.48)

55.92

Fusarium sp. (K1)

16.66 (24.08)

30.55 (33.49)

50.00 (44.98)

32.40 (34.19)

62.37

Fusarium circinatum strain K3

8.33 (16.77)

16.66 (24.08)

41.66 (40.18)

22.22 (27.01)

74.20

Control

58.33 (49.82)

100.00 (89.39)

100.00 (89.39)

86.11 (76.20)

0.00

Mean

14.16 (17.92)

33.88 (36.41)

50.55 (46.77)

Ā 

CD0.05

Isolate (Is) = 1.97; Interval (I) = 1.08; Isolate (Is) Ɨ Interval (I) = 3.41