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Table 1 Effect of silicon as well as potassium, sodium, and calcium silicates on linear growth of strawberry black root rot fungi under laboratory conditions

From: Effectiveness of silicon and silicate salts for controlling black root rot and induced pathogenesis-related protein of strawberry plants

Treatment

Concentration (g/l)

Fusarium solani

Rhizoctonia solani

Linear growth

Reduction %

Linear growth

Reduction %

Silicon

2.0

44.5 b*

50.6

38.0

57.8

4.0

21.0 d

76.7

00.0 d

100.0

6.0

00.0 e

100.0

00.0 d

100.0

Potassium silicate

2.0

48.0 b

46.7

40.2 b

55.6

4.0

25.0 c

72.2

00.0 d

100.0

6.0

00.0 e

100.0

00.0 d

100.0

Sodium silicate

2.0

50.0 b

44.4

35.0 c

61.1

4.0

18.0 d

80.0

00.0 d

100.0

6.0

00.0 e

100.0

00.0 d

100.0

Calcium silicate

2.0

33.0 c

63.3

44.0 b

51.1

4.0

18.0 d

80.0

00.0 d

100.0

6.0

00.0 e

100.0

00.0 d

100.0

Actamyl (Fungicide)

3.0

00.0 e

100.0

00.0 d

100.0

Control

0.0

90.0 a

0.0

90.0 a

0.0

  1. *Figures with the same letter in a column are not significantly (P ≤ 0.05) different