TABLE 2.

Colonization of the cucumber seed surface by T. atroviride, expressed as seed coverage^a

Time (days)	Seed coverage (%)
	Treatment A	Treatment B	Treatment C
0	0	0	0
2	0.20 ± 0.12	0	0
4	1.7 ± 0.48	0.53 ± 0.67	0.13 ± 0.67
6	5.3 ± 0.73	2.4 ± 0.64	2.6 ± 0.70
8	7.7 ± 3.0	4.1 ± 0.98	3.3 ± 0.75
10	15 ± 1.3	9.8 ± 0.53	9.8 ± 1.1
12	15 ± 1.2	13 ± 0.87	13 ± 0.64
14	17 ± 0.90	13 ± 0.61	13 ± 0.33
16	16 ± 0.71	15 ± 0.98	14 ± 0.46
18	15 ± 1.0	14 ± 1.4	14 ± 1.5
20	16 ± 1.8	14 ± 1.3	13 ± 1.00

^aThe data are means ± standard errors for three seeds. The treatment A cucumber seeds inoculated with T. atroviride were planted in P. ultimum-infested soil; in treatment B cucumber seeds infested with P. ultimum were planted in T. atroviride-inoculated soil; and in treatment C both P. ultimum and T. atroviride were inoculated together into sterile soil before cucumber seeds were planted.