TABLE 3.

Fungal hyphal extension rates at different temperatures^a

Temp (°C)	Hyphal extension rate (mm day−1)
	Pythium sp.	P. herbarum	M. parvispora	G. pannorum	Verticillium sp.
−2	0.06***	0.05*	0.07*	0.05**	0.03*
4	0.65***	0.62***	0.89*	0.20**	0.22**
15	5.20***	1.36***	2.23*	0.52***	0.51***
25	5.69***	1.26**	0.00***	0.02*	0.01**
37	0.00***	0.00***	0.00***	0.00***	0.00***

^aValues are slopes of growth curves between 3 and up to 35 days and are means of four replicates. Significance of correlation coefficients for slopes are denoted by *(P < 0.05), **(P < 0.01), and ***(P < 0.001).