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Table 1 Reduction in the growth area of the strawberry black root rot-causal fungi as affected by six bacterial isolates

From: Native bacteria for field biocontrol of black root rot in Egyptian strawberry

Bacterial isolates

Means of fungal growth area (cm2)

Fusarium solani

Reduction %

Rhizoctonia solani

Reduction %

Macrophomina phaseolina

Reduction %

Paenibacillus polymyxa 1

15.0d

74.4

10.0c

84.2

12.0c

81.1

P. polymyxa 2

14.0d

78.0

12.0c

81.1

11.0c

82.7

P. polymyxa 3

22.0c

65.4

31.0b

51.3

30.0b

52.3

Bacillus brevis 1

22.0c

65.4

33.0b

48.1

32.0b

49.7

B. brevis 2

15.0d

74.4

15.0c

76.4

13.0c

79.6

B. brevis 3

31.0b

51.3

28.0b

56.0

30.0b

52.3

Control

63.6a

0.0

63.6a

0.0

63.6a

0.0

  1. *Means in a column followed by the same letter are not significantly (P ≤ 0.05) different according to DNMRT