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

Table 2

Mycelial growth reduction of tested pathogenic fungi in response to different concentrations of various compost water extracts in vitro.

Compost water extracts	Conc.; (%)	Mycelial growth (cm) and growth reduction (%) of
		Fusarium solani		Rhizoctonia solani		Sclerotium rolfsii		Pythium ultimum
		Growth area	Red.; (%)	Growth area	Red.; (%)	Growth area	Red.; (%)	Growth area	Red.; (%)
A	5	NG	100	2.2	75.5	NG	100	NG	100
	10	NG	100	2.2	75.5	NG	100	NG	100
	15	NG	100	2.2	75.5	NG	100	NG	100
B	5	NG	100	1.6	82.2	2.9	67.7	1.6	82.2
	10	NG	100	1.6	82.2	2.9	67.7	1.6	82.2
	15	NG	100	1.5	83.3	2.8	68.8	1.6	82.2
C	5	4.6	48.8	5.2	42.2	6.3	30.0	4.0	55.5
	10	4.4	51.1	5.0	44.4	6.3	30.0	4.0	55.5
	15	4.0	55.5	4.8	50.0	6.2	31.1	3.8	57.7
D	5	4.0	55.5	4.7	47.7	6.2	31.1	3.7	58.8
	10	3.8	57.7	4.6	48.8	6.2	31.1	3.8	57.7
	15	3.5	61.1	4.4	51.1	6.0	33.3	3.6	60.0
E	5	3.4	62.1	4.2	53.3	5.7	36.6	3.4	62.1
	10	3.2	64.4	4.0	55.5	5.6	37.7	3.2	64.4
	15	3.2	64.4	3.9	56.6	5.4	40.0	2.9	67.7
Control	5	9.0	0.0	9.0	0.0	9.0	0.0	9.0	0.0
	10	9.0	0.0	9.0	0.0	9.0	0.0	9.0	0.0
	15	9.0	0.0	9.0	0.0	9.0	0.0	9.0	0.0
LSD at 5% between conc.		ns		ns		ns		ns
LSD at 5% between CWE		0.22		0.26		0.25		0.20