Table 2.
Effects of fungicide sprays applied to the foliage and bacterial isolates applied as a soil drench separately or in combination with olive oil on Phytophthora blight of pepper
| Treatments | 1st Experiment | 2nd Experiment | ||
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| Mean DSIa | Percent controlb | Mean DSIa | Percent controlb | |
| Acibenzolar-S-methyl + mefenoxam | 0.0 a | 100.0 | 0.0 a | 100.0 |
| Acibenzolar-S-methyl | 2.1 c | 32.3 | 2.6 d | 29.7 |
| 6L10 | 1.2 b | 61.3 | 1.6 c | 56.8 |
| 6ba6 | 1.2 b | 61.3 | 1.5 c | 59.5 |
| 3ss9 | 1.6 b | 48.4 | 2.0 cd | 45.9 |
| mbj | 1.9 c | 38.7 | 2.6 d | 29.7 |
| 6ba6+Olive oil | 0.7 b | 81.1 | ||
| 6L10+Olive oil | 0.8 b | 78.4 | ||
| 3ss9+Olive oil | 0.9 b | 75.7 | ||
| mbj+Olive oil | 1.6 c | 56.8 | ||
| 6ba2 | 2.2 c | 29.0 | ||
| 3k9 | 2.2 c | 29.0 | ||
| Olive oil | 2.3 d | 37.8 | ||
| Untreated control | 3.1 d | 3.7 e | ||
a
In each column, the mean DSI (disease severity index) values that are followed by the same letter are not significantly different according to Tukey’s HSD test at the P = 0.05 level
b
Data represent percent control of Phytophthora blight by treatments (relative to untreated control).