Journal of Mycology

Research Article

Using Commercial Compost as Control Measures against Cucumber Root-Rot Disease

Table 10

Effect of potting soil amended with compost mixture on the frequency occurrence (%) of fungal counts in the rhizosphere of cucumber (Beit-Alpha cv.) grown in artificially infested soil with root-rot pathogens under greenhouse conditions.


Treatments	Soil infestation	Frequency of occurrence (%) of soil fungi ( cfu/g dry soil)
		Total pathogenic fungi		Aspergillus spp.		Penicillium spp.		Other
		B	A	B	A	B	A	B	A

Compost (A)	F. solani	64.8	37.8	19.8	26.9	15.4	27.2	—	8.1
	R. solani	66.4	44.9	22.4	26.4	11.2	19.9	—	8.8
	S. rolfsii	73.3	58.1	13.3	19.9	10.0	11.1	3.4	10.9
	P. ultimum	75.9	45.7	13.7	27.2	10.4	20.3	—	6.8

Compost (B)	F. solani	53.9	21.6	20.6	37.7	15.0	31.1	10.5	9.6
	R. solani	60.8	23.4	17.8	38.3	15.9	29.5	5.5	8.8
	S. rolfsii	52.7	24.6	22.8	37.1	17.4	31.5	7.1	6.8
	P. ultimum	54.4	23.8	21.1	34.8	19.2	32.7	5.3	8.7

Compost (C)	F. solani	51.8	35.0	19.6	34.8	15.9	22.7	9.8	7.5
	R. solani	50.0	38.5	20.5	28.8	20.5	27.0	8.9	5.7
	S. rolfsii	56.9	44.4	18.5	25.4	16.2	20.2	8.4	10.0
	P. ultimum	62.6	46.2	15.5	20.4	13.4	21.7	7.9	11.7

Compost (D)	F. solani	42.9	37.8	24.8	31.2	21.5	20.7	10.8	10.3
	R. solani	45.9	36.9	24.5	31.4	21.5	23.9	8.1	7.8
	S. rolfsii	50.9	41.5	18.4	28.4	18.4	20.8	12.3	9.3
	P. ultimum	55.0	34.1	22.6	26.1	15.2	26.1	7.2	13.7

Compost (E)	F. solani	50.0	25.7	23.3	33.6	23.3	26.2	3.4	14.5
	R. solani	56.6	27.6	23.2	33.9	20.2	27.1	—	11.4
	S. rolfsii	66.6	34.9	16.7	29.5	16.7	23.7	—	11.4
	P. ultimum	61.4	33.9	16.7	31.9	16.7	22.7	5.2	11.5

Control	F. solani	83.8	76.9	8.1	8.8	8.1	5.5	—	8.8
	R. solani	85.4	80.3	7.3	7.3	7.3	5.1	—	7.3
	S. rolfsii	87.9	85.7	6.2	6.1	5.9	2.1	—	6.1
	P. ultimum	89.8	85.0	5.1	5.6	5.1	3.8	—	5.6

LSD at 5%		8.57	11.25	5.97	8.56	5.65	9.23	6.19	n.s.

B: before sowing; A: after 45 days of sowing.