In vitro antagonistic activity of Trichoderma harzianum and T. viride strains compared to carbendazim fungicide against the fungal phytopathogens of Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench

Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control

Table 1 Antifungal efficacy of carbendazim fungicide against different fungal phytopathogens of sorghum

Carbendazim	Mycelial growth of different pathogenic strains, mm (mycelial inhibition percentage, %)
Concn. (ppm)	C. lunata	E. rostratum	F. chlamydosporum	F. incarnatum	F. proliferatum	M. phaseolina
0.00	64.4 ± 0.24^a (0.00%)	60.8 ± 0.13^a (0.00%)	69.2 ± 0.21^a (0.00%)	78.4 ± 0.65^a (0.00%)	74.9 ± 0.43^a (0.00%)	56.7 ± 0.24^a (0.00%)
0.50	42.6 ± 0.45^b (33.8%)	78.3 ± 0.39^b (0.00%)	27.4 ± 0.53^b (44.5%)	34.5 ± 0.34^b (55.9%)	0.00 ± 0.00^b (100%)	74.3 ± 0.32^b (0.00%)
1.00	32.9 ± 0.32^c (48.9%)	71.7 ± 0.43^c (0.00%)	12.8 ± 0.47^c (81.5%)	21.7 ± 0.18^c (72.3%)	0.00 ± 0.00^b (100%)	72.2 ± 0.29^b (0.00%)
1.50	23.2 ± 0.53^d (63.9%)	69.8 ± 0.71^c (0.00%)	0.00 ± 0.00^d (100%)	9.5 ± 0. 24^d (87.8%)	0.00 ± 0.00^b (100%)	69.8 ± 0.76^b (0.00%)
2.00	13.7 ± 0.64^e (78.7%)	67.6 ± 0.43^c (0.00%)	0.00 ± 0.00^d (100%)	0.00 ± 0.00^e (100%)	0.00 ± 0.00^b (100%)	64.3 ± 0.15^c (0.00%)
2.50	0.00 ± 0.00^f (100%)	63.9 ± 0.71^d (0.00%)	0.00 ± 0.00^d (100%)	0.00 ± 0.00^e (100%)	0.00 ± 0.00^b (100%)	61.9 ± 0.56^c (0.00%)
3.00	0.00 ± 0.00^f (100%)	61.5 ± 0.12^d (0.00%)	0.00 ± 0.00^d (100%)	0.00 ± 0.00^e (100%)	0.00 ± 0.00^b (100%)	57.1 ± 0.14^d (0.00%)

Different superscript letters in the same column indicate a significant difference at P < 0.05
Data are means of results from triplicate experiments ± standard error