Pathogenicity of Meloidogyne incognita and Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. vasinfectum on Growth and Yield of Two Okra Varieties Cultivated in Ghana

Table 5

Fresh and dry shoot weights for “Essoumtem” and “Clemson spineless” under four inoculations in field experimentation.

Type of inoculation	Fresh shoot weight (g)		% Reduction		Dry shoot weight (g)		% Reduction
	1	2	1	2	1	2	1	2
F7	103.5 a	33.3 ab	1.1	32.2	17.2 bc	7.6 b	22.9	18.3
F14	96.2 a	29.7 a	8.1	39.5	11.8 ab	6.5 a	47.1	30.1
F21	98.6 a	21.0 a	5.8	57.2	9.5 a	4.9 a	57.4	47.3
C	104.7 a	49.1 b	—	—	22.3 c	9.3 c	—	—

F7 = fungus inoculated 7 days after seedling emergence, F14 = fungus inoculated 14 days after seedling emergence, F21 = fungus inoculated 21 days after seedling emergence, and C = control (uninoculated); V1 = Essoumtem and V2 = Clemson spineless.Followed by the same letter in a column are not significantly different at LSD ().