Research Article

Effect of Two Biological Formulations Based on Bacillus subtilis and Pseudomonas fluorescens on Control of Didymella applanata, the Causal Agent of Red Raspberry Cane Spur Blight

Table 4

Influence of the biocontrol agents on cane lesion due to spur blight development in cultivar Kolokolchik.

Treatments Area of lesion, cm2, days after treatment The number of fruiting bodies/cm2
7 30 90 (end of vegetation)

P. fluorescens0.80.78.66.4
B. subtilis 0.80.94.03.6
Control 1.62.111.27.8
LSD052.64.7

Control includes inoculation by the fungus lacking sprayed bacteria.
Significant at ; ; df = 23.22; ; ; df = 3.0; .