Table II.

Effect of ethylene and salicylic acid pretreatment on B. cinerea infection of tomato cv Pearson

Pretreatment	Expanding Lesions per Planta	Lesion Expansion Rateb
	%	mm/day
Control	17.9 (2.7) a	7.2 (0.3) b
Ethylene 1 μL L−1	12.8 (2.1) a	5.6 (0.6) a
SA 4 mm	14.3 (2.9) a	7.4 (0.6) b
SA 4 mm+ Ethylene 1 μL L−1	17.6 (3.9) a	6.6 (0.4) ab

ses are shown in brackets. Different letters within the same column indicate a significant difference (P < 0.05) after ANOVA and Duncan's test. Data were pooled from two independent experiments, with 14 plants per treatment. Each plant was considered as a replicate.

^a At 96 hpi. 

^b Calculated over the period from 48 to 72 hpi.