Efficacy of Bacillus licheniformis: a biocontrol agent against Colletotrichum gloeosporioides Penz. (Penz. & Sacc.) causing anthracnose in greater yam (Dioscorea alata L.)

Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control

Table 2 Antibiosis study of CTCRI EB12 against Colletotrichum gloeosporioides isolates

Sl no	Isolate ID	No. of acervuli	No. of conidia	Percentage Inhibition
1	Cg23	+	+ +	87.2 ± 1.8^a
2	CgS4.7	+ +	+ +	81.3 ± 1.9^b
3	Cg12	+	+ +	81.6 ± 2.5^b
4	Cg23 control	+ + +	+ + + +	0
5	CgS4.7 control	+ + + +	+ + +	0
6	Cg12 control	+ + + +	+ + + +	0

Acervuli and conidia of C. gloeosporioides isolates represented for their varying number ‘ + + + + ’ too many to count, ‘ + + + ’ high, ‘ + + ’ low, ‘ + ’ very negligible. Values were recorded based on ten replicates. Means followed by the same superscript letter(s) indicate that they were not significantly different (Tukey HSD test (p value ≤ 0.05)).