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

Table 8

Effect of potting soil amended with compost mixture on the percentage of root-rot diseases incidence of cucumber (Beit-Alpha cv.) grown in artificially infested soil with root-rot pathogens under greenhouse conditions.

Compost	Root rot diseases incidence (%) at pre- and postemergence stages
	F. solani		R. solani		S. rolfsii		P. ultimum
	Pre emergence	Post emergence	Pre emergence	Post emergence	Pre emergence	Post emergence	Pre emergence	Post emergence
A	10.0	11.6	14.0	11.6	22.0	12.8	28.0	16.7
B	10.0	6.6	12.0	8.8	14.0	9.4	18.0	12.2
C	18.0	16.9	28.0	21.9	28.0	22.4	34.0	30.4
D	16.0	16.6	18.0	17.2	26.0	16.0	32.0	23.7
E	14.0	11.6	14.0	11.6	24.0	13.2	28.0	19.5
Control	22.0	25.7	32.0	40.9	36.0	40.4	46.0	44.6
LSD at 5%	4.82	6.06	6.90	5.33	5.95	7.30	6.64	9.72