Table 3 Effect of green macroalgal powder treatments on the percentage of dead plants, total dry weight (gm) and total yield (gm) infested with the two pathogens compared with vitavax fungicide after 60 days of planting
From: Biological control of soil borne cucumber diseases using green marine macroalgae
Fungi treatment | Fusarium solani | Macrophomina phaseolina | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
% of dead plants | Total dry weight (gm) | Total yield (gm) | % of dead plants | Total dry weight (gm) | Total yield (gm) | |
Ulva fasciata | 50 | 22.5 | 57 | 33.3 | 34.6 | 122.4 |
Enteromorpha flexuosa | 41.7 | 31.5 | 78.4 | 50 | 43.7 | 149.4 |
U. fasciata + E. flexuosa | 16.7 | 37.9 | 136 | 16.7 | 31.4 | 100 |
vitavax | 16.7 | 11.6 | 43.2 | 8.3 | 16.2 | 66.9 |
Control fungus only | 50 | 19.5 | 25.2 | 66.7 | 15 | 25.2 |
L.S.D. at 0.05 | F = 0.35 T = 0.43 | F = 1.9 T = 2.3 | F = 0.3 T = 0.7 | F = 0.35 T = 0.43 | F = 1.9 T = 2.3 | F = 0.3 T = 0.7 |