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 fungiRoot-rot disease incidence (%)
Pre-emergence stagePost-emergence stage

Pythium ultimum 44.042.6
Rhizoctonia solani 30.035.3
Fusarium solani 20.025.0
Sclerotium rolfsii 34.042.3
Fusarium semitectum 0.02.0
Fusarium moniliforme 0.010.0
Fusarium oxysporum 0.020.0
Sclerotinia sclerotiorum 12.016.1
Control0.00.0
LSD at 5%3.934.77