Table 1. Effects of silicon fertilization on bacterial blight development in rice leaves in hydroponic and soil-cultured experiments.
Treatments | Highest disease level | Severity index | Efficiency (%) |
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Hydroponic experiment | |||
−Si | 9 | 66.1 ± 5.7a | – |
−Si + Si | 5 | 31.0 ± 1.1c | 52.8 ± 5.2 |
+Si | 5 | 24.6 ± 4.4d | 62.9 ± 4.8 |
Soil-cultured experiment | |||
−Si | 9 | 95.19 ± 3.26a | – |
+Si | 9 | 72.04 ± 9.32b | 25.0 ± 8.7 |
Data are means + SD of three replicates.
Note: The different letters in the same column indicate significance at the 0.05 level.