Table 2.
Mean Rhizoctonia root rot severity and plant growth data of flowering cherry plants treated with solarization alone or in combination with cover crops, compost, and mustard meal, 2017 on-farm experiment.
| Treatment | Root Rot Severity (%)x | Plant Weight (g) |
Root Weight (g) |
Plant Height (cm) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arugula ‘Astro’ + Solarization | 41.48 by | 16.47 a | 6.47 a | 20.58 a |
| Mustard green ‘Amara’ + Solarization | 44.18 b | 17.98 a | 7.91 a | 20.98 a |
| Turnip ‘Purple top forage’ + Solarization | 37.00 b | 18.13 a | 8.08 a | 20.64 a |
| Solarization alone | 47.79 b | 16.41 a | 6.64 a | 20.67 a |
| Compost | 37.10 b | 18.97 a | 7.90 a | 21.74 a |
| Mustard meal | 37.65 b | 18.24 a | 7.92 a | 20.29 a |
| Non-treated control | 72.47 a | 17.80 a | 7.48 a | 20.27 a |
| P-value | <.0001 | 0.0698 | 0.0685 | 0.4856 |
x Disease severity was based on percentage of roots affected. y Values are the means of three replicates; treatments followed by the same letter within a column are not significantly different at P ≤ 0.05.