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Table 2.

Summary of the effect of the nanostructured formulations on Aspergillus flavus rate of growth, and mycelial and germination inhibition at the end of the given incubation period at 20 °C.

Formulations	Rate of growth (cm/day)*	Mycelial inhibition (%)*	Germination inhibition (%)*
20% nanoparticles
A1	0.74^b	0.0^a	22.5^f
A2	0.68^b	7.8^c	7.0^b
A3	0.70^b	4.7^b	22.0^f
A4	0.63^a	14.2^ef	4.5^a
A5	0.66^a	10.4^d	20.0^e
A6	0.65^a	12.0^e	10.0^c
A7	0.66^a	11.0^d	10.0^c
A8	0.67^b	10.0^d	15.0^cd
A9	0.74^b	0.0^a	15.3^cd
30% nanoparticles
B1	0.71^e	0.0^a	22.5^f
B2	0.50^a	27.2^e	1.3^ab
B3	0.62^c	11.0^b	22.5^fg
B4	0.59^b	15.0^c	4.5^c
B5	0.50^a	27.2^e	54.8^h
B6	0.51^a	29.0^ef	21.0^f
B7	0.57^b	18.0^d	9.5^d
B8	0.55^b	20.2^de	0.8^a
B9	0.69^d	0.0^a	16.0^e
40% nanoparticles
C1	0.71^e	0.0^a	22.5^f
C2	0.50^a	28.9^e	12.3^d
C3	0.55^c	21.2^cd	8.0^cd
C4	0.59^d	15.3^b	4.5^ab
C5	0.48^a	30.4^ef	1.3^a
C6	0.53^b	33.0^f	96.6^h
C7	0.57^c	18.1^c	55.5^g
C8	0.56^c	19.0^c	6.5^c
C9	0.69^e	0.0^a	16.0^e

*Means followed by the same letter are not significantly different (p ≤ 0.05) determined by Tukey's multiple test.