Table 3.
The inhibition of Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. niveum by strain 28 when cultivated in liquid medium in vitro at different pH values.
| Initial pH |
Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. niveum |
|
|---|---|---|
| Average diameter (cm)a | Inhibition ratio (%)a | |
| 6.0 | 2.25 ± 0.28 cd* | 78.92 ± 3.35 ab* |
| 6.3 | 2.40 ± 0.20 cd | 77.11 ± 2.41 ab |
| 6.6 | 2.33 ± 0.13 cd | 77.95 ± 1.52 ab |
| 6.9 | 2.02 ± 0.16 d | 81.69 ± 1.81 c |
| 7.2 | 2.53 ± 0.06 c | 75.54 ± 0.70 b |
| 7.5 | 3.05 ± 0.15 b | 69.28 ± 1.94 a |
| Control | 8.80 ± 0.05 a | 0.00 ± 0.60 d |
a
Each value is the average ± standard deviation of triplicate determinations.
*
Values with the same letters are not significantly different (p < 0.05) according to the one-way ANOVA.