Using Commercial Compost as Control Measures against Cucumber Root-Rot Disease

Table 11

Effect of potting soil amended with compost mixture on some vegetative parameters of cucumber (Beit-Alpha cv.) grown in artificially infested soil with root-rot pathogens under greenhouse conditions.

Treatments	Soil infested with	Cucumber vegetative parameters
		Shoot length (cm)	Root length (cm)	Fresh weight (g)	Dry weight (g)
Compost (A)	F. solani	39.1	21.9	120.3	18.32
	R. solani	36.7	21.9	115.6	14.58
	S. rolfsii	43.4	23.1	121.9	22.48
	P. ultimum	44.7	23.8	129.7	27.21
Compost (B)	F. solani	43.8	24.3	137.0	28.84
	R. solani	41.2	23.4	134.1	27.11
	S. rolfsii	45.5	24.6	138.8	29.52
	P. ultimum	43.8	25.8	137.3	28.64
Compost (C)	F. solani	37.3	18.1	118.3	18.00
	R. solani	37.2	17.0	117.9	17.11
	S. rolfsii	37.9	18.9	119.9	18.31
	P. ultimum	38.4	19.0	120.8	18.62
Compost (D)	F. solani	35.8	18.6	118.2	17.81
	R. solani	35.0	19.2	118.0	17.00
	S. rolfsii	35.1	19.8	118.3	17.92
	P. ultimum	35.0	20.0	118.7	18.07
Compost (E)	F. solani	38.7	21.6	120.6	18.91
	R. solani	39.0	21.0	120.0	18.75
	S. rolfsii	39.1	21.7	120.7	18.93
	P. ultimum	39.1	21.7	120.9	18.94
Control	F. solani	33.0	17.0	112.4	10.58
	R. solani	32.8	16.5	111.4	10.35
	S. rolfsii	33.1	17.2	112.5	10.58
	P. ultimum	32.9	17.5	112.6	10.59
LSD at 5%		1.61	0.61	1.41	1.53