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Table 5 Black root rot disease of strawberry plants as affected with different periods of solarized and un-solarized soil under field conditions

From: Efficacy of soil solarization on black root rot disease and speculation on its leverage on nematodes and weeds of strawberry in Egypt

Treatments

Solarized periods (weeks)

Black root rot disease

Disease incidence

Reduction %

Disease severity

Reduction %

Solarized soil

3

18.0 b

58.1

12.0 b

69.2

6

5.4 c

87.4

6.0 c

84.6

9

5.0 c

88.4

5.0 c

87.2

Actamyl 3 g/L

0.0

8.0

81.4

9.0

76.9

Un-solarized soil

9

43.0 a

0.0

39.0 a

0.0

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