Isolation and Characterization of Wilt-Causing Pathogens of Local Growing Pepper (Capsicum annuum L.) in Gurage Zone, Ethiopia

Table 4

Disease susceptibility evaluation after inoculation of F. oxysporum and R. solanacearum on local pepper (no. of seedlings used per cultivar was 60).

Pathogens	Local pepper genotype	Wilted plants (%)
		Days after inoculation
		10 DAI	15 DAI	20 DAI	25 DAI	30 DAI	35 DAI
F. oxysporum f. sp.	Mareko Fana	0	0	15 (25.0%)	29 (48.3%)	47 (78.3%)	55 (91.0%)
	Dubi local	0	0	5 (8.33%)	30 (50.0%)	40 (66.7%)	40 (66.7%)
	Mitmita local	0	0	0	13 (21.7%)	15 (25.0%)	17 (28.3%)
R. solanacearum	Mareko Fana	0	0	0	10 (16.7%)	25 (41.7%)	30 (50%)
	Dubi local	0	0	0	13 (21.7%)	20 (33.3%)	20 (41.7%)
	Mitmita local	0	0	0	5 (8.3%)	15 (25.0%)	18 (30.0%)
Control	Control	0	0	0	0	0	0