Application time (DBT)
|
Concentration (%)
|
Decrease in pathogen population
|
---|
Experiment I
|
Experiment II
|
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0
|
0
|
0.671 ± 0.005 g
|
0.781 ± 0.007 h
|
3
|
0.686 ± 0.003 g
|
0.836 ± 0.009 h
|
6
|
0.866 ± 0.009 f
|
1.073 ± 0.004 fg
|
9
|
1.193 ± 0.008 cd
|
1.276 ± 0.006 cd
|
3
|
0
|
0.686 ± 0.007 g
|
0.789 ± 0.003 h
|
3
|
0.832 ± 0.004 f
|
0.973 ± 0.007 fgh
|
6
|
1.092 ± 0.005 de
|
1.236 ± 0.005 de
|
9
|
1.365 ± 0.009 b
|
1.398 ± 0.007 b
|
6
|
0
|
0.691 ± 0.007 g
|
0.797 ± 0.007 h
|
3
|
0.963 ± 0.007 ef
|
1.196 ± 0.003 ef
|
6
|
1.284 ± 0.004 bc
|
1.383 ± 0.006 bc
|
9
|
1.526 ± 0.010 a
|
1.591 ± 0.009 a
|
- Each value is a mean ± SD. Treatments having significant differences on the basis of LSD test have different lettering within a column. Both experiments I and II are the same repeated experiments without any modification. DBT days before transplantation