First report of using Trichoderma longibrachiatum as a biocontrol agent against Macrophomina pseudophaseolina causing charcoal rot disease of lentil in Algeria

Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control

Table 2 Effect of Trichoderma longibrachiatum on charcoal rot disease of lentil, and plant growth parameters under greenhouse conditions

Treatments	Disease incidence (%)	Stem colonization (%)	Severity	Growth parameters
Treatments	Disease incidence (%)	Stem colonization (%)	Severity	Fresh weight (g)	Dry weight (g)	Stem length (cm)	Root length (cm)
M1	100	24	5 ± 0.00	0.1 ± 0.00^c	0.04 ± 0.002^c	16 ± 0.4^c	4 ± 0.00^d
M1 + T10	8.3	0	0.9 ± 0.264	1.5 ± 0.07^b	0.2 ± 0.03^b	17 ± 0.9^bc	19.8 ± 0.197^c
T10	/	/	/	1.8 ± 0.048^a	0.34 ± 0.003^a	20 ± 1.0^a	24.6 ± 0.01^a
Control	/	/	/	1.7 ± 0.012^a	0.22 ± 0.005^b	18 ± 0.5^b	21.2 ± 0.4^b

Data shown (mean ± Std. deviation) with different letters denote the statistical significance determined by ANOVA followed by Tukey test (p < 0.05)