Skip to main content

Table 2 Incubation period and disease incidence percentage of the pathogens isolated on Rumex crispus, Digitaria horizontalis, Persicaria nepalensis and Thunbergia alata

From: Phytopathogenic fungi with potential as biocontrol agents for weeds of importance in crops of Antioquia, Colombia

Weeds

Pathogenic fungi

Incubation period (days)

Incidence (%)

Agar disc

KW1

Inoculum suspension

KW1

Agar disc

KW2

Inoculum suspension

KW1

R. crispus

C. cigarro

5.8

a

5.3

a

33.3

c

41.7

c

E. draconis

4.3

ab

ND2

c

66.7

b

0.0

d

D. rumicicola

3.2

b

6.2

a

91.7

a

75.0

ab

Control

ND2

c

ND2

c

ND2

d

ND2

d

D. horizontalis

Bipolaris sp.

4.3

b

7.5

a

91.7

a

41.7

b

Control

ND2

c

ND2

c

ND2

c

ND2

c

P. nepalensis

B. zeicola

3.9

ab

6.2

a

75.0

ab

75.0

ab

P. curvata

4.5

ab

5.3

ab

41.0

c

33.0

c

S. beticola

3.1

b

5.7

a

100.0

a

50.0

bc

Control

ND2

c

ND2

c

ND2

d

ND2

d

T. alata

A. thunbergiae

2.8

b

3.3

ba

91.7

a

66.7

ab

N. sphaerica

6.5

a

6.1

a

58.3

b

66.7

ab

Control

ND2

c

ND2

c

ND2

c

ND2

c

  1. Values with the same letter do not differ statistically (p < 0.05)
  2. 1Kruskal-Wallis and Wilcoxon test
  3. 2ND, Not determined