Identification and Pathogenicity of Fungal Pathogens Associated with Stem End Rots of Avocado Fruits in Kenya

Table 3

Severity of SER on “Hass” avocado based on lesion development on fruit, with different fungal pathogens.

Isolate	Species	SER on avocado fruits
		Mycelia plugs; % SER	Conidial suspension; % SER
MK922068	Lasiodiplodia theobromae	81.67 ± 4.4^Aa	84.17 ± 9.70^ABa
MK922067	Neofusicoccum parvum	80.83 ± 2.39^Ab	97.50 ± 1.12^Aa
MK922074	Nectria pseudotrichia	90.83 ± 4.55^Aa	74.17 ± 5.39^Bb
MK922066	Fusarium solani	28.33 ± 3.80^Bb	60.80 ± 11.2^Ca
MK922065	Fusarium oxysporum	5.00 ± 0.00^Ca	19.2 ± 6.7^Eb
MK922069	Fusarium equiseti	24.17 ± 0.83^Bb	41.67 ± 6.91^Da
MK922075	Geotricum candidum	6.67 ± 1.05^Cb	16.67 ± 3.07^Ea
Control	Control	0.00 ± 0.00^C	0.00 ± 0.00^F

Values were expressed as mean ± standard error of mean. Values followed by different lowercase superscripts across the rows and different uppercase superscripts along the columns are significantly different at .