Table 3.

Bilateral effect of Zn (2.5 and 5.0 mg/kg) with plant nutrients on disease incidence (DI) and percent severity index (PSI) in tomato plants inoculated with Alternaria solani (AS) at the 45th day after transplantation

Parameters	Zinc dose (mg/kg)	−ve Control	+ ve Control	NPK+AS	Mg+AS	B+AS	Mean (F)
DI %	0	0 g	100 a	67 bc	83 ab	75 bc	65 A
	2.5	0 g	42 de	33 ef	75 bc	67 bc	43 B
	5.0	0 g	25 ef	17 fg	67 bc	58 c	33 C
	Mean (F)	0 D	56 B	39 C	75 A	67 A
PSI %	0	0 g	70 a	25 b–d	35 b	30 bc	32 A
	2.5	0 g	20 c–e	15 d–f	30 bc	25 b–d	18 B
	5.0	0 g	10 f–g	5 fg	30 bc	20 c–e	13 B
	Mean (F)	0 D	33 A	15 C	32 AB	25 A

Values with same lower case (rows) and upper case (rows and column) show the insignificant difference (P ≤ 0.05) as determined by LSD Test.