In vitro inhibition mechanism of Trichoderma asperellum isolates from corn against Rhizoctonia solani causing banded leaf and sheath blight disease and its role in improving the growth of corn seedlings

Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control

Table 3 Effect of antagonistic fungi isolates on the vigor and viability of corn seed

Isolate ID	MGP (%)	GtR (%)	GS (%)	VI (%)	GR (average days)	T50 (average days)
HMRP7	84.72	20.09b	16.67c	9.72c	4.57a	3.62
HMRF7A	83.33	18.71b	30.56b	15.28bc	4.93a	4.34
HMEDF6A	56.94	13.73b	23.61bc	12.50c	4.34a	5.13
HMEDF1B	68.06	17.63b	29.17bc	22.22bc	4.18a	4.65
CHM01	86.11	29.09a	50.00a	47.22a	3.29b	2.33
Control	79.17	19.10b	54.17a	29.17b	4.77a	4.47
LSD 5%	-	7.33	13.07	14.93	0.78	-
SE (%)	13.05	3.36	6.00	6.85	0.36	0.80
CV (%)	20.93	20.88	21.60	36.99	10.14	24.11

MGP maximum growth potential; GtR growth rate; GS growth simultaneity; VI vigor index; GR germination rate; T50 median germination time; LSD least significant difference; SE standard error; CV coefficient of variation
Letters followed in the same column are not significantly different according to 5% LSD (α 0.05)