Research Article
Using Commercial Compost as Control Measures against Cucumber Root-Rot Disease
Table 1
Pathogenicity tests of isolated fungi on cucumber (Beit-Alpha cv.) seeds under greenhouse conditions.
| Isolated fungi | Root-rot disease incidence (%) | Pre-emergence stage | Post-emergence stage |
| Pythium ultimum | 44.0 | 42.6 | Rhizoctonia solani | 30.0 | 35.3 | Fusarium solani | 20.0 | 25.0 | Sclerotium rolfsii | 34.0 | 42.3 | Fusarium semitectum | 0.0 | 2.0 | Fusarium moniliforme | 0.0 | 10.0 | Fusarium oxysporum | 0.0 | 20.0 | Sclerotinia sclerotiorum | 12.0 | 16.1 | Control | 0.0 | 0.0 | LSD at 5% | 3.93 | 4.77 |
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