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Table 1 Effect of Ulva fasciata and Enteromorpha flexuosa extracts by using different solvents on the mycelial fungal growth reduction of Fusarium solani and Macrophomina phaseolina of cucumber on PDA medium

From: Biological control of soil borne cucumber diseases using green marine macroalgae

Extraction from green algae by different solvents

Ulva fasciata

Enteromorpha flexuosa

Fusarium solani

Macrophomina phaseolina

Fusarium solani

Macrophomina phaseolina

Reduction of hyphal growth

Reduction of hyphal growth

Reduction of hyphal growth

Reduction of hyphal growth

Cm

%

Cm

%

Cm

%

Cm

%

Ethyl acetate

5.6

26.8

8

0

6.6

17.2

8

0

Methanol

7.7

4

8

0

7.8

1.9

8

0

Acetone

7.5

5.8

8

0

7.8

1.9

8

0

Benzen

6.5

18.9

8

0

6.0

24.6

8

0

Chloroform

2.5

68.7

8

0

4.3

45.8

8

0

Water

6.4

20

8

0

6.7

16.2

8

0

Control

8

0

8

0

8

0

8

0

L.S.D. at 0.01

S = 0.023

F = 0.021

S × F = 0.051

  1. S solvent, F fungi, S×F solvent × fungi