Table 4.

Effect of fungal pathogen inoculum and algal extract concentration on the inhibition of Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. lycopersici in tomato seeds.

^aMeans from 20 replicates, each replicate containing 20 seeds

One-way ANOVA tests were applied to determine significant differences among the treatments. Correlation coefficients among the experiments were analyzed using SAS Systems v. 8.12 (SAS Institute Inc., Cary, NC).

^bFusarium oxysporum f. sp. lycopersici

^cAlgal extract formulated by surfactant (0.1% Tween 20, v/v)